Weather in Brookside, Alabama
Roses open on the Piedmont edge. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Brookside, AL
Sunday, May 17 at 4:58 AM
66
°
Clear
Feels like
66°
Humidity
67%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
5:45 AM
Sunset
7:42 PM
Brookside, AL
Hour by hour · 24h
56°
11p
54°
12a
52°
1a
51°
2a
49°
3a
50°
4a
49°
5a
48°
6a
53°
7a
60°
8a
65°
9a
70°
10a
73°
11a
76°
12p
78°
1p
80°
2p
81°
3p
81°
4p
80°
5p
78°
6p
77°
7p
73°
8p
69°
9p
66°
10p
Brookside, AL
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—84°57°
- SundayMay 17Overcast—88°63°
- MondayMay 18Overcast15%88°63°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast12%90°69°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Showers51%86°65°
- ThursdayMay 21Heavy Drizzle54%86°64°
- FridayMay 22Light Drizzle53%89°66°
Brookside, AL
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Brookside, AL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
E
086° · backing 52°
Direction
E
086°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
3
mph
Peak 24h
13
avg 4
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Brookside, AL
Air quality
57
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 9.7 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 9.8 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 11.6 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 73.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Brookside, AL
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:20 AM
Sunrise
5:45 AM
Daylight
13h 57m
Sunset
7:42 PM
Civil dusk
1:10 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Brookside, AL
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 10:58 AM
- Moonset
- 1:05 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Brookside, AL
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses open on the Piedmont edge
insect
Brookside at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 12°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 9 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
- Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of May 17, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.