Storm Station
Childersburg, Alabama
62°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 62°·Calm 1 mph N
Sunny. High near 85, with temperatures falling to around 80 in the afternoon. North wind 0 to 5 mph.
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72%Humidity
44%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Childersburg, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

SylacaugaSCD

At an airfield/7.8 mi away/559 ft/142 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank66of 323

TalladegaTLDA1

At a river or reservoir gauge/19.4 mi away/643 ft/226 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank142of 323

Talladega 10 NNE73803

At a climate reference station/26.8 mi away/525 ft/108 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Childersburg Water PlantCHLA1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/413 ft/4 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Childersburg 3.1 SAL-TG-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/568 ft/151 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Sylacauga, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.8 mi from Childersburg. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 8:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sylacauga, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SCDFIG. A THE SKY OVER SYLACAUGASECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESylacauga, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SCDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SCD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

61.5 F with a dew point of 57.6 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sylacauga: temperature 61.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.6, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SCDFIG. B THE AIR AT SYLACAUGATHE 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 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.7 FTEMPERATURE 61.5 FDEW POINT 57.6 FSPREAD 3.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLESylacauga, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SCDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SCD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (100 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Sylacauga, north up: blowing from 100 degrees, the east, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SCDFIG. C THE WIND AT SYLACAUGAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 100°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESylacauga, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SCDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SCD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Sylacauga, in 6 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 Childersburg

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