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Blanco, Texas

City in Blanco County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Blanco

Index 41, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 43 miles off.

41Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
  • Ozone41Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Blanco

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. 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 Blanco, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Blanco, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Blanco 0.2 NETX-BLC-58

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,363 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Canyon DamCYOT2

At a dam/10.6 mi away/1,223 ft/139 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Horseshoe, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 29.7 mi from Blanco, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 6,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Horseshoe, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DZBFIG. A THE SKY OVER HORSESHOESECTION, 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 SHEETSCT 6,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHorseshoe, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DZBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DZB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.2 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 68 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 6,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Horseshoe: temperature 73.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 68 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 6,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DZBFIG. B THE AIR AT HORSESHOETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 6,500 FTTEMPERATURE 73.2 FDEW POINT 62.0 FSPREAD 11.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 68 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 POINTTITLEHorseshoe, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DZBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DZB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Horseshoe, 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 DZBFIG. C THE WIND AT HORSESHOEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEHorseshoe, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DZBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DZB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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