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Rainsville, Alabama

City in DeKalb County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Rainsville

Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Gadsden (AL), 33 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
  • Ozone5Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 49, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 64, moderate, Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Rainsville

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 Rainsville, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Rainsville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Fort_Payne4A9

At an airfield/7.3 mi away/876 ft/415 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank96of 798

HodgesS2055

At a soil climate station/18.5 mi away/730 ft/561 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank527of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Rainsville 1.2 NAL-DK-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/1,322 ft/31 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Fort PayneFOPA1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.1 mi away/912 ft/379 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank120of 798

Station report

The weather at Fort_Payne, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.3 mi from Rainsville, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:55 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 3/4 mi.

Section of the sky over Fort_Payne, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 300 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 3/4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4A9FIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT_PAYNESECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3/4 MI0510TITLEFort_Payne, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 4A9TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4A9-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Fort_Payne, 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 4A9FIG. C THE WIND AT FORT_PAYNEPLAN, 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_Payne, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4A9TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4A9-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 876 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.99 inHg and the temperature at 55.9 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.08 inHg means its barometer reads 29.14 inHg.

Section from sea level of where Fort_Payne stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 876 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.99 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.9 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.08 and the station pressure it means, 29.14.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4A9FIG. D WHERE FORT_PAYNE STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFORT_PAYNE3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT876 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.99 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.9 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.08 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.14 inHgTITLEFort_Payne, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4A9TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4A9-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Fort_Payne, in 5 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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