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Opelika, Alabama

City in Lee County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Opelika

Index 6, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Columbus-Phenix City - GA and AL (AL), 27 miles off.

6Good
  • Ozone6Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 64, moderate, Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Opelika

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

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

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 6 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Opelika, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

TuskegeeS2115

At a soil climate station/25.4 mi away/400 ft/379 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank582of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Opelika 0.3 NNWAL-LE-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/760 ft/19 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Auburn-Opelika Apt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.3 mi from Opelika, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Auburn-Opelika Apt, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AUOFIG. A THE SKY OVER AUBURN-OPELIKA APTSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETFEW 5,500 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAuburn-Opelika Apt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AUOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AUO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Auburn-Opelika Apt: temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AUOFIG. B THE AIR AT AUBURN-OPELIKA APTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 5,500 FTTEMPERATURE 70.0 FDEW POINT 63.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLEAuburn-Opelika Apt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AUOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AUO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Auburn-Opelika Apt, 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 AUOFIG. C THE WIND AT AUBURN-OPELIKA APTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEAuburn-Opelika Apt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AUOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AUO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Auburn-Opelika Apt, 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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Near Opelika

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