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Buchanan, Tennessee

Community in Henry County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Buchanan

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Clarksville-Montgomery County (TN), 35 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
  • Ozone37Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Buchanan

None in the last 24 hours; 0.99 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.99in

Visibility

How far you can see at Buchanan, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Buchanan, TennesseeReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Buchanan, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

ParisPHT

At an airfield/12.5 mi away/570 ft/42 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2of 1,019

measured daily2 instruments

Buchanan 4.4 ENETN-HY-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/550 ft/22 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ParisPART1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.1 mi away/594 ft/66 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Paris, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.5 mi from Buchanan, Tennessee. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 7,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Paris, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 7,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PHTFIG. A THE SKY OVER PARISSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 7,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEParis, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PHTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PHT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Paris: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 64 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PHTFIG. B THE AIR AT PARISTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 7,500 FTTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 59.0 FSPREAD 12.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 64 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 POINTTITLEParis, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PHTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PHT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Paris, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PHTFIG. C THE WIND AT PARISPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEParis, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PHTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PHT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Paris (PART1), 11.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Tennessee

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

Near Buchanan

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

Near Buchanan

River and lake gauges