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Carthage, Texas

City in Panola County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Carthage

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Shreveport (LA), 44 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Carthage

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Carthage, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Carthage, 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 now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

CarthageCTHT2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/322 ft/5 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,531of 4,689

Gary City 1.9 SETX-PN-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.1 mi away/315 ft/12 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Carthage, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.2 mi from Carthage, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:55 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 Carthage, 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 4F2FIG. A THE SKY OVER CARTHAGESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLECarthage, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 4F2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4F2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

70.5 F with a dew point of 38.0 F, 30 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Carthage: temperature 70.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.0, 30 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4F2FIG. B THE AIR AT CARTHAGETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 7,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.2 FTEMPERATURE 70.5 FDEW POINT 38.0 FSPREAD 32.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 30 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 POINTTITLECarthage, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4F2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4F2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Carthage, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4F2FIG. C THE WIND AT CARTHAGEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECarthage, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4F2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4F2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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