Citizen station CW2969CW2969
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/529 ft/45 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
McKinney Falls State Park, Texas
State Park in Travis County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts of 40-50 mph expected. * WHERE...All of South Central Texas. * WHEN...From 4 AM to 7 PM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects.
80°
90°/68°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 82°·Light air 2 mph ESE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for McKinney Falls State Park until 7 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 20 degrees cooler: a high of 70° after 90° today.
Now. McKinney Falls State Park is 80° and mostly clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the east-southeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 63° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 88°, and the coolest Saturday, near 69°. Rain is likely tomorrow (61%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 10:27 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 day is 11 hours 28 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
40Air quality
60%Humidity
18%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
80feels82
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 15
9068
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
7061
61%
25mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6950
16mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7346
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7850
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8356
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8860
overcast
80°
90°68°
70°61°
69°50°
73°46°
78°50°
83°56°
88°60°
As of 9:00 PM in McKinney Falls State Park, Texas.
Air quality
The air at McKinney Falls State Park
Index 40, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 5 miles off.
40Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good-
- Ozone40Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)16Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
GoodModerate
- 36YesterdayOct 14
- ModerateTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at McKinney Falls State Park
None in the last 24 hours; 0.44 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.44in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at McKinney Falls State Park, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 1.13 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 574 ft
- County
- Travis County
- State
- Texas
- Latitude
- 30.1984° N
- Longitude
- 97.7197° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest McKinney Falls State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
At an airfield/2.6 mi away/479 ft/95 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Ben White Blvd Svrd / Banister LnATX4
Beside a road/4.1 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Austin Webberville RoadTCEQ-171
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.5 mi away/499 ft/75 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Austin 33 NW23907
At a climate reference station/36.2 mi away/1,361 ft/787 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Austin 7.4 STX-TV-483
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/612 ft/38 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Austin - Great HillsAGHT2
At a cooperative observer's station/15.2 mi away/886 ft/312 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Austin - Great Hills (AGHT2), 15.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
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