Storm Station
Helena, Alabama
57° 87°/54°
Overcast· Feels like 57°·Light air 2 mph NNE
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Northeast wind around 0 mph.
0UV Low
-Air quality
79%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:30 AM
57feels57
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
8754
UV 6
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
8861
UV 7
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
8758
UV 7
mostly clear day
Wed
Sep 30
9062
UV 7
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
9267
13%
UV 7
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
9367
31%
UV 6
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
8968
50%
overcast
57°
87°54°
88°61°
87°58°
90°62°
92°67°
93°67°
89°68°

As of 3:30 AM in Helena, Alabama.

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Helena, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

BessemerEKY

At an airfield/4.5 mi away/701 ft/148 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Clanton 2 NE63891

At a climate reference station/33.2 mi away/584 ft/31 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Helena 1.2 SEAL-SH-67

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/438 ft/115 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

City Sewage PltBSMA1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.6 mi away/440 ft/113 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Clanton-Chilton County Airport, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 33.0 mi from Helena. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:30 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

59.1 F with a dew point of 58.2 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Clanton-Chilton County Airport: temperature 59.1 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 58.2, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CLXA1FIG. B THE AIR AT CLANTON-CHILTON COUNTY AIRPORTTHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.0 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 59.1 F, 58.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEClanton-Chilton County Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP CLXA1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CLXA1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (251 degrees) at 1 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Clanton-Chilton County Airport, north up: blowing from 251 degrees, the west southwest, at 1 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 CLXA1FIG. C THE WIND AT CLANTON-CHILTON COUNTY AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 251°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEClanton-Chilton County Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP CLXA1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CLXA1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 581 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.30 inHg and the temperature at 56.9 F; it reports 59.1 F, 2.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Clanton-Chilton County Airport stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 581 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.30 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CLXA1FIG. D WHERE CLANTON-CHILTON COUNTY AIRPORT 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 ATMOSPHERECLANTON-CHILTON COUNTY AIRPORT2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT581 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 HERE29.30 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED59.1 FTITLEClanton-Chilton County Airport, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP CLXA1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CLXA1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Clanton-Chilton County Airport, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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