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Ballinger, Texas

City in Runnels County, Texas

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ballinger

2.35 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
2.35in
Last 3 days
2.35in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Ballinger, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

ColemanCOM

At an airfield/33.2 mi away/1,697 ft/31 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2,050of 4,689

San AngeloS2200

At a soil climate station/35.1 mi away/1,970 ft/304 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank2,806of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Ballinger 0.2 NETX-RU-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,660 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Paint RockPAKT2

At a cooperative observer's station/16.6 mi away/1,634 ft/32 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Coleman, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 33.2 mi from Ballinger, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 7,000 ft, overcast at 11,000 ft; the ceiling is 7,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Coleman, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, the ceiling at 7,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT COMFIG. A THE SKY OVER COLEMANSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 11,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 7,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEColeman, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS COMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-COM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

56.3 F with a dew point of 45.3 F, 67 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Coleman: temperature 56.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.3, 67 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT COMFIG. B THE AIR AT COLEMANTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 7,000 FTTEMPERATURE 56.3 FDEW POINT 45.3 FSPREAD 11.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 67 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 POINTTITLEColeman, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS COMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-COM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Coleman, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 22 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT COMFIG. C THE WIND AT COLEMANPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEColeman, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS COMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-COM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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