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Newton, Alabama

Town in Dale County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Newton

Index 12, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Holmes, Jackson, and Washington Counties (FL), 40 miles off.

12Good
  • Ozone12Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 69, moderate, Fri 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Newton

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Newton, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Newton, AlabamaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Newton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Fort RuckerHEY

At an airfield/3.3 mi away/318 ft/37 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank663of 798

Troy 2 W23801

At a climate reference station/39.4 mi away/472 ft/191 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank545of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Newton 4.2 SAL-DL-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/285 ft/4 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

HeadlandHDLA1

At a cooperative observer's station/15.6 mi away/358 ft/77 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank624of 798

Station report

The weather at Fort Rucker, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.3 mi from Newton, Alabama. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Rucker, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HEYFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT RUCKERSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Rucker, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HEYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HEY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 66.4 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fort Rucker: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.4, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HEYFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT RUCKERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.5 FTEMPERATURE 69.8 FDEW POINT 66.4 FSPREAD 3.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEFort Rucker, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HEYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HEY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Fort Rucker, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HEYFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT RUCKERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Rucker, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HEYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HEY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Rucker, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Alabama

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