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Bastrop, Texas

City in Bastrop County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Bastrop

Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 26 miles off.

38Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good-
  • Ozone38Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)24Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 44 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 Bastrop

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Bastrop, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bastrop, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BastropBTRT2

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.2 mi away/505 ft/141 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,481of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Bastrop 1.7 WTX-BST-22

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/364 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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FedorFEDT2

At a cooperative observer's station/21.7 mi away/422 ft/58 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Giddings-Lee_Cnty_Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.4 mi from Bastrop, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Giddings-Lee_Cnty_Arpt, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GYBFIG. A THE SKY OVER GIDDINGS-LEE_CNTY_ARPTSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 5,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGiddings-Lee_Cnty_Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GYBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GYB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

76.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Giddings-Lee_Cnty_Arpt: temperature 76.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GYBFIG. B THE AIR AT GIDDINGS-LEE_CNTY_ARPTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 1,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 76.0 FDEW POINT 68.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEGiddings-Lee_Cnty_Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GYBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GYB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Giddings-Lee_Cnty_Arpt, 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 GYBFIG. C THE WIND AT GIDDINGS-LEE_CNTY_ARPTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEGiddings-Lee_Cnty_Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GYBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GYB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Bastrop

River and lake gauges