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Aurora, Texas

City in Wise County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Aurora

Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 47 miles off.

38Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good-
  • Ozone38Good27 ppb5.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Aurora

0.98 in in the last 24 hours, 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.98in
Last 3 days
1.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Aurora, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Aurora, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Newark 1.6 WNWTX-WS-22

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/692 ft/35 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Site 2JSTT2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.8 mi away/653 ft/74 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Fort Worth - Alliance, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.9 mi from Aurora, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:13 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 800 ft, broken at 1,200 ft, overcast at 9,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Worth - Alliance, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 9,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AFWFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT WORTH - ALLIANCESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 9,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Worth - Alliance, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AFWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AFW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

64.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Worth - Alliance: temperature 64.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AFWFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT WORTH - ALLIANCETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 800 FTTEMPERATURE 64.0 FDEW POINT 61.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEFort Worth - Alliance, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AFWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AFW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 40 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fort Worth - Alliance, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 17 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AFWFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT WORTH - ALLIANCEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Worth - Alliance, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AFWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AFW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Worth - Alliance, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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