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Orange Beach, Alabama

City in Baldwin County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Orange Beach

Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Pensacola (FL), 37 miles off.

37Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good-
  • Ozone23Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by ozone.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Orange Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. 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 Orange Beach, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Orange Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Gulf ShoresJKA

At an airfield/5.6 mi away/16 ft/7 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank675of 798

Koptis FarmsS2180

At a soil climate station/17.4 mi away/135 ft/112 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank532of 798

Fairhope 3 NE63869

At a climate reference station/24.3 mi away/95 ft/72 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank558of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Weeks Bay NerrWKXA1

At a cooperative observer's station/17.0 mi away/7 ft/16 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Gulf Shores, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.6 mi from Orange Beach, Alabama. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Gulf Shores, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JKAFIG. A THE SKY OVER GULF SHORESSECTION, 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: 4 MI0510TITLEGulf Shores, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JKATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JKA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.4 F with a dew point of 73.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Gulf Shores: temperature 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 73.4, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JKAFIG. B THE AIR AT GULF SHORESTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 73.4 F, 73.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEGulf Shores, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JKATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JKA-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 Gulf Shores, 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 JKAFIG. C THE WIND AT GULF SHORESPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEGulf Shores, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JKATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JKA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Alabama

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Orange Beach

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Orange Beach

River and lake gauges