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Bear Creek, Texas

Village in Hays County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Bear Creek

Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 14 miles off.

42Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good-
  • Ozone30Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Bear Creek

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

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Bear Creek, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Bear Creek, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Hays 6.0 WNWTX-HYS-168

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/1,010 ft/52 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Austin - City/Camp Mabry, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.3 mi from Bear Creek, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 4,800 ft, overcast at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 4,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Austin - City/Camp Mabry, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 4,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATTFIG. A THE SKY OVER AUSTIN - CITY/CAMP MABRYSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 4,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAustin - City/Camp Mabry, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ATTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATT-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 65.0 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Austin - City/Camp Mabry: temperature 76.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 69 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATTFIG. B THE AIR AT AUSTIN - CITY/CAMP MABRYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 2,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 4,800 FTTEMPERATURE 76.0 FDEW POINT 65.0 FSPREAD 11.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 69 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 POINTTITLEAustin - City/Camp Mabry, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ATTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Austin - City/Camp Mabry, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATTFIG. C THE WIND AT AUSTIN - CITY/CAMP MABRYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAustin - City/Camp Mabry, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ATTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Austin - City/Camp Mabry, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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