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Austin, Arkansas

City in Lonoke County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Austin

Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 29 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good-
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 54, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Austin

None in the last 24 hours; 0.25 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.25in

Visibility

How far you can see at Austin, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

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On the radar over Austin, ArkansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Austin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Cabot 4 SWCABA4

At a cooperative observer's station/1.6 mi away/305 ft/59 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank20of 682

Cabot 0.7 NEAR-LK-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/298 ft/52 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Little Rock AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.7 mi from Austin, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Little Rock AFB, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LRFFIG. A THE SKY OVER LITTLE ROCK AFBSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELittle Rock AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LRFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LRF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 40.5 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Little Rock AFB: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.5, 65 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LRFFIG. B THE AIR AT LITTLE ROCK AFBTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.0 FTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 40.5 FSPREAD 11.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLELittle Rock AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LRFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LRF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Little Rock AFB, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LRFFIG. C THE WIND AT LITTLE ROCK AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELittle Rock AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LRFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LRF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Little Rock AFB, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Arkansas

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Austin

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Austin

River and lake gauges