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Carlton, Texas

Community in Hamilton County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Carlton

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Waco-Killeen (TX), 66 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 33, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Mon 7 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Carlton

None in the last 24 hours; 0.97 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 2 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.97in

Visibility

How far you can see at Carlton, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Carlton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

HamiltonMNZ

At an airfield/17.5 mi away/1,299 ft/33 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3,587of 4,734

measured daily2 instruments

Gustine 9.8 ETX-CMN-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.4 mi away/1,059 ft/273 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Lake ProctorPCTT2

At a cooperative observer's station/18.8 mi away/1,148 ft/184 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Hamilton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.5 mi from Carlton, Texas. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 2:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hamilton, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MNZFIG. A THE SKY OVER HAMILTONSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHamilton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MNZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MNZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 34 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Hamilton: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 34 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MNZFIG. B THE AIR AT HAMILTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 6,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.6 FTEMPERATURE 64.4 FDEW POINT 35.6 FSPREAD 28.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 34 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 POINTTITLEHamilton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MNZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MNZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (40 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hamilton, north up: blowing from 40 degrees, the northeast, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MNZFIG. C THE WIND AT HAMILTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 40°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHamilton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MNZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MNZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Texas

20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Carlton

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Carlton

River and lake gauges