Elm Ck at FM 89 nr Buffalo Gap08083280
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.6 mi away/1,895 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Buffalo Gap, Texas
Town in Taylor County, Texas49°
59°/51°
Clear·
Feels like 46°·Light breeze 7 mph N
Now. Buffalo Gap is 49° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north at 7 mph, gusting to 19 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
59%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
49feels46
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
5951
28mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6141
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6839
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7546
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7952
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8458
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8661
overcast
49°
59°51°
61°41°
68°39°
75°46°
79°52°
84°58°
86°61°
As of 11:00 PM in Buffalo Gap, Texas.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Buffalo Gap
0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 0.63 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.05in
- Last 3 days
- 0.63in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 8%
Visibility
How far you can see at Buffalo Gap, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Sat 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Buffalo Gap, 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 Gap, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank1,182of 4,734
Citizen station FW2848FW2848
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/2,020 ft/115 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/9.8 mi away/1,788 ft/117 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Bronte 11 NNE03072
At a climate reference station/29.3 mi away/1,997 ft/92 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Buffalo Gap 1.7 SWTX-TY-32
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/1,942 ft/37 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Tuscola - Lake Abilene State ParkTCLT2
In a park or preserve/4.1 mi away/1,992 ft/87 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Dyess AFB/Abilene, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 9.8 mi from Buffalo Gap, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
49.0 F with a dew point of 40.6 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,900 ft up.
The wind
From the north (360 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 44 mph.
The full report of Dyess AFB/Abilene, 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 Gap
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.