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Balcones Heights, Texas

City in Bexar County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Balcones Heights

Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, San Antonio (TX), 6 miles off.

37Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good-
  • Ozone33Good8 ppb9.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Balcones Heights

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Balcones Heights, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Balcones Heights, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

San Antonio 3.5 NWTX-BXR-382

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/857 ft/10 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BoerneBONT2

At a cooperative observer's station/23.9 mi away/1,450 ft/583 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,972of 4,689

Station report

The weather at San Antonio, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.8 mi from Balcones Heights, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 6,000 ft, a few clouds at 25,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over San Antonio, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, a few clouds cloud with its base at 25,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SATFIG. A THE SKY OVER SAN ANTONIOSECTION, 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTFEW 25,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 6,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESan Antonio, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SATTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SAT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-010, FB-SKY-011, FB-SKY-012

The air

75.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at San Antonio: temperature 75.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SATFIG. B THE AIR AT SAN ANTONIOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE 75.0 FDEW POINT 65.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 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 POINTTITLESan Antonio, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SATTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SAT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at San Antonio, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SATFIG. C THE WIND AT SAN ANTONIOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESan Antonio, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SATTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SAT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of San Antonio, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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