Big Ck nr Freestone08110430
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.5 mi away/363 ft/25 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Buffalo, Texas
City in Leon County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...North and Central Texas * WHEN...From 4 AM to 7 PM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Unsecured outdoor items may be blown around in the wind. Driving on area roadways may become difficult, especially for high-profile vehicles. Small tree limbs could break and cause damage.
A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of at least 20 to 30 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Boaters should use extra caution when venturing onto area lakes. Residents may wish to take action to secure trash cans, lawn furniture, and other lightweight outdoor objects that may be blown around in the strong winds.
72°
68°/59°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 72°·Light air 1 mph NE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Buffalo until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Buffalo is 72° and mostly clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the northeast at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 58° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 51): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 67°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:51 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:09 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
51Air quality
77%Humidity
14%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
72feels72
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6859
46%
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6748
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7143
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7647
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8252
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8556
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8758
overcast
72°
68°59°
67°48°
71°43°
76°47°
82°52°
85°56°
87°58°
As of 12:00 AM in Buffalo, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Buffalo
Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Bryan-College Station (TX), 60 miles off.
51Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Buffalo
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Buffalo, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Buffalo, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Buffalo, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank3,076of 4,689
Citizen station FW9978FW9978
In a volunteer observer's own ground/21.9 mi away/465 ft/77 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/29.1 mi away/546 ft/158 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Palestine 6 WNW53968
At a climate reference station/29.5 mi away/383 ft/5 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Buffalo 3.2 SETX-LN-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/399 ft/11 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
CentervilleCVLT2
At a cooperative observer's station/15.1 mi away/315 ft/73 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Mexia Limestone, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 29.1 mi from Buffalo, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
73.0 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up.
The wind
From the north (10 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.
The full report of Mexia Limestone, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Buffalo
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.