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Arlington, Texas

City in Tarrant County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Arlington

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 20 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone22Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Arlington

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

How far you can see at Arlington, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Arlington, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Arlington, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Arlington 2.0 NETX-TN-161

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/607 ft/29 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Joe Pool LakeJPLT2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.7 mi away/545 ft/91 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Arlington (Was F54), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.6 mi from Arlington, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 7,000 ft; the ceiling is 7,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Arlington (Was F54), height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, the ceiling at 7,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GKYFIG. A THE SKY OVER ARLINGTON (WAS F54)SECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 7,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEArlington (Was F54), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GKYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GKY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

62.0 F with a dew point of 38.0 F, 41 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Arlington (Was F54): temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.0, 41 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GKYFIG. B THE AIR AT ARLINGTON (WAS F54)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 5,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 7,000 FTTEMPERATURE 62.0 FDEW POINT 38.0 FSPREAD 24.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 41 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 POINTTITLEArlington (Was F54), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GKYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GKY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 26 mph, gusting 41 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.

Plan of the wind at Arlington (Was F54), north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 26 miles an hour, gusting 41; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GKYFIG. C THE WIND AT ARLINGTON (WAS F54)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE39GUST, 41 MPH9STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEArlington (Was F54), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GKYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GKY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Arlington (Was F54), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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