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Clifton, Texas

City in Bosque County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Clifton

Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Waco-Killeen (TX), 31 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good-
  • Ozone32Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Clifton

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. 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 Clifton, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 mile Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Clifton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

WacoACT

At an airfield/23.6 mi away/509 ft/190 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank878of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Clifton 3.4 SSETX-BSQ-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/641 ft/58 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Whitney LakeWTYT2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/577 ft/122 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Waco, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.6 mi from Clifton, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:01 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,200 ft, overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Waco, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ACTFIG. A THE SKY OVER WACOSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWaco, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ACTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Waco: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ACTFIG. B THE AIR AT WACOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE 69.0 FDEW POINT 64.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLEWaco, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ACTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Waco, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ACTFIG. C THE WIND AT WACOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWaco, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ACTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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