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Spring Garden, Alabama

Community in Cherokee County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Spring Garden

Index 61, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Rome (GA), 24 miles off.

61Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)61Moderate24.2 mi
  • Ozone-0 ppb24.8 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Spring Garden

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Spring Garden, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Spring Garden, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Gadsden Muni (AWOS)GAD

At an airfield/30.5 mi away/568 ft/158 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

Gadsden 19 N63857

At a climate reference station/31.3 mi away/1,152 ft/426 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank538of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Piedmont 1.4 SSEAL-CN-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/707 ft/19 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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CentreCTRA1

At a cooperative observer's station/14.8 mi away/568 ft/158 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank430of 798

Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW7134, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 27.6 mi from Spring Garden, Alabama. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW7134, 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 GW7134FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW7134PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW7134, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW7134TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW7134-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 971 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.89 inHg and the temperature at 55.5 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.04 inHg means its barometer reads 29.00 inHg; it reports 61.0 F, 5.5 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW7134 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 971 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.89 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.5 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.04 and the station pressure it means, 29.00.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW7134FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW7134 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION GW71343 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT971 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 HERE28.89 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.5 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.04 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.00 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED61.0 FTITLECitizen station GW7134, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW7134TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW7134-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 47 degrees above the horizon at 33.58 N, and the day is 11 h 11 min long. Level ground there takes 74 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station GW7134, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 47 degrees above the horizon, against 80 at the June solstice, 56 at the equinoxes and 33 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 11 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW7134FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW7134ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 80°EQUINOXES 56°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 33°OCT 16, 47°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 11 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 74 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 33.58 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW7134, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW7134TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW7134-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW7134, in 4 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 Spring Garden

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

Near Spring Garden

River and lake gauges