Storm Station
Cotton Town, Pennsylvania
60°
Overcast· Feels like 60°·Gentle breeze 12 mph N
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. North wind around 12 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
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34Air quality
58%Humidity
88%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cotton Town, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Altoona/Blair Co.AOO

At an airfield/8.6 mi away/1,503 ft/244 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank49of 543

Blair Helibase RawsBLHP1

A remote fire weather station/11.7 mi away/1,155 ft/104 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank64of 543

SR56 & Babcock MtnPA051

Beside a road/12.5 mi away/2,500 ft/1,241 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank476of 543

measured daily2 instruments

Hollidaysburg 1.9 NPA-BL-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.1 mi away/1,032 ft/227 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Windber 7SEWNBP1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.5 mi away/2,615 ft/1,356 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Altoona/Blair Co., drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.6 mi from Cotton Town. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 5,000 ft, overcast at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Altoona/Blair Co., height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AOOFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALTOONA/BLAIR CO.SECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 10,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 5,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAltoona/Blair Co., the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AOOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-AOO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Altoona/Blair Co.: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 64 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AOOFIG. B THE AIR AT ALTOONA/BLAIR CO.THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 58.0 FDEW POINT 46.0 FSPREAD 12.0 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 POINTTITLEAltoona/Blair Co., the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AOOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-AOO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Altoona/Blair Co., north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AOOFIG. C THE WIND AT ALTOONA/BLAIR CO.PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAltoona/Blair Co., the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AOOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-AOO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Altoona/Blair Co., in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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