Temperature
73 F at 2 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 67 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 73F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 67F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Fayette Regional Air Center Airport until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Fayette Regional Air Center Airport is 73° and mostly clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels very oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 61° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 91°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 70°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:18 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 27 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Fayette Regional Air Center Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 53 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 / 34 | 5,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 162° / 342° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from La Grange/Fayette Regional (3T5), Fayette Regional Air Center Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
73 F at 2 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 67 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 70 F, the air 91% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 2 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 2 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.09 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.12 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 5 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,300 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
The 4 instruments nearest Fayette Regional Air Center Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/325 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
La Grange RAWSLGNT2
A remote fire weather station/5.4 mi away/289 ft/35 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
La Grange 3.1 WTX-FY-22
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/295 ft/29 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Giddings 3ESEGIDT2
At a cooperative observer's station/20.0 mi away/466 ft/142 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.