Temperature
54 F at 7 PM; 61 F at its warmest, 9 PM Thursday, and 54 F at its coolest, 7 PM.
- Now
- 54F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 61F
- 9 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 54F
- 7 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Dyess Air Force Base, Texas
Medium airport in Taylor County, Texas54°
59°/51°
Clear·
Feels like 54°·Gentle breeze 13 mph N
Now. Dyess Air Force Base is 54° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:22 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
56%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
54feels54
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5951
29mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6141
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6839
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7546
12mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8052
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8457
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8660
overcast
54°
59°51°
61°41°
68°39°
75°46°
80°52°
84°57°
86°60°
As of 8:00 PM in Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Dyess Air Force Base
None in the last 24 hours; 1.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 1.10in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Dyess Air Force Base, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DYS
- ICAO
- KDYS
- IATA
- DYS
- Field elevation
- 1,789 ft
- Serves
- Abilene
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DYS
- Wind now
- From 360° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 19:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 / 34 | 13,500 ft | 300 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 169° / 349° | 12 mph head, on 34 | 2 mph from the right |
| 161 / 341 unlit | 3,500 ft | 60 ft | GRE | 169° / 349° | 12 mph head, on 341 | 2 mph from the right |
| 162 / 342 unlit | 3,500 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | - | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Dyess AFB/Abilene (DYS), Dyess Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 38 F, the air 56% saturated; the humidity ran from 41% at 2 PM to 86% at 10 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 38F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 56%
- Humidity, range
- 41 to 86%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the north at 7 PM; at its strongest 29 mph, 11 AM, with a gust of 44 mph at 11 AM.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 29mph
- 11 AM
- Highest gust
- 44mph
- 11 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.52 inHg at 7 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.29 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.52inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.29inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 9 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 800 ft at 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 800ft
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 15
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- 0.00in
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 5
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Dyess AFB/Abilene: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Dyess Air Force Base, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,788 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
HambyHBYT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.9 mi away/1,772 ft/17 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Bronte 11 NNE03072
At a climate reference station/34.6 mi away/1,997 ft/208 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Tye 3.6 SSWTX-TY-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/1,894 ft/105 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Tuscola - Lake Abilene State ParkTCLT2
In a park or preserve/12.6 mi away/1,992 ft/203 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Dyess Air Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Dyess Air Force Base
- Abilene Regional AirportABI, 10 mi
- Avenger FieldSWW, 36 mi
- Coleman Municipal AirportCOM, 48 mi
- Gregory M. Simmons Memorial AirportGZN, 49 mi
- Stephens County AirportBKD, 60 mi
- Eastland Municipal AirportETN, 61 mi
- Winston FieldSNK, 66 mi
- Brownwood Regional AirportBWD, 68 mi