Storm Station
Bessemer, Alabama
66°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 66°·Light air 1 mph N
Sunny. High near 85, with temperatures falling to around 78 in the afternoon. North wind 0 to 10 mph.
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56%Humidity
50%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Bessemer, 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

BessemerEKY

At an airfield/5.7 mi away/701 ft/196 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Northport 2 S73801

At a climate reference station/38.4 mi away/150 ft/355 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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NorthportNPXA1

At a river or reservoir gauge/38.4 mi away/149 ft/356 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank235of 323

measured daily2 instruments

Bessemer 1.5 SSWAL-JF-63

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/627 ft/122 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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City Sewage PltBSMA1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/440 ft/65 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Northport, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 38.4 mi from Bessemer. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:00 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

59.2 F with a dew point of 56.8 F, 92 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Northport: temperature 59.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.8, 92 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NPXA1FIG. B THE AIR AT NORTHPORTTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.3 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 59.2 F, 56.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 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 POINTTITLENorthport, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP NPXA1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-NPXA1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Northport, 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 NPXA1FIG. C THE WIND AT NORTHPORTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLENorthport, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP NPXA1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-NPXA1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 149 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.76 inHg and the temperature at 58.5 F; it reports 59.2 F, 0.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Northport stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 149 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.76 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.5 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NPXA1FIG. D WHERE NORTHPORT 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 ATMOSPHERENORTHPORT1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT149 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 HERE29.76 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.5 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED59.2 FTITLENorthport, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP NPXA1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-NPXA1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Northport, 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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Near Bessemer

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