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Alderson, Oklahoma

Town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

Air quality

The air at Alderson

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, McAlester (OK), 4 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good5.9 mi
  • Ozone16Good8 ppb5.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Alderson

0.46 in in the last 24 hours, 0.87 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.46in
Last 3 days
0.87in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

On the radar over Alderson, OklahomaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Alderson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

I-40 & ChecotahI40ST259

Beside a road/38.4 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

McAlester 2.2 SEOK-PG-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/791 ft/100 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MuskogeeMSKO2

At a cooperative observer's station/23.2 mi away/614 ft/77 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank635of 859

Station report

The weather at Mc Alester Regional, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.3 mi from Alderson, Oklahoma. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mc Alester Regional, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MLCFIG. A THE SKY OVER MC ALESTER REGIONALSECTION, 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 1,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMc Alester Regional, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MLCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MLC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Mc Alester Regional: temperature 64.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MLCFIG. B THE AIR AT MC ALESTER REGIONALTHE 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 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,100 FTTEMPERATURE 64.0 FDEW POINT 61.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEMc Alester Regional, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MLCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MLC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mc Alester Regional, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MLCFIG. C THE WIND AT MC ALESTER REGIONALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMc Alester Regional, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MLCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MLC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Mc Alester Regional, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Muskogee (MSKO2), 23.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Oklahoma

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

Near Alderson

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