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Houston, Arkansas

Town in Perry County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Houston

Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 29 miles off.

58Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate-
  • Ozone35Good-

The days ahead

Highest 55, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Houston

None in the last 24 hours; 0.21 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.21in

Visibility

How far you can see at Houston, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Houston, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

MorriltonBDQ

At an airfield/7.2 mi away/322 ft/7 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank572of 678

measured daily2 instruments

Bigelow 0.4 NEAR-PY-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/303 ft/12 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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PerryPERA4

At a cooperative observer's station/6.0 mi away/318 ft/3 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Morrilton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.2 mi from Houston, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 12,000 ft; the ceiling is 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Morrilton, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, the ceiling at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BDQFIG. A THE SKY OVER MORRILTONSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 12,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMorrilton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BDQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BDQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 12,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Morrilton: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 64 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 12,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BDQFIG. B THE AIR AT MORRILTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.1 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 12,000 FTTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 59.0 FSPREAD 12.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 64 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 POINTTITLEMorrilton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BDQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BDQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 2 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Morrilton, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 2 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BDQFIG. C THE WIND AT MORRILTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMorrilton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BDQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BDQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Morrilton, 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 Houston

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

Near Houston

River and lake gauges