Weather Beacon Facts

  • The Beacon is 60 feet high. Atop the 77 foot Provident Life Building, its height is 137 feet above ground.
  • The entire Beacon weighs 10 tons and is a part of the building's structure.
  • The two-foot steel tube contains rungs inside, allowing maintenance from within the Beacon.
  • The face of the Beacon is plastic, with 90 fluorescent tubes inside. Three sets of 30 tubes give the Beacon its colors.
  • The colors of the beacon are kept up-to-date by the staff of KFYR RADIO, where the beacon's color controls are located.



Do you know the Beacon's "code"?



Weather Beacon white as snow, down the temperature will go.



Weather Beacon red as fire, temperature is going higher.



Weather Beacon emerald green, forecast says no change forseen.



When colors blink in agitation, there's going to be precipitatio