Rain Gage at Cross Plains ISD, Cross Plains320758099095000
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Flood Watch, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Flood Watch is in force for Cross Plains until 7 AM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 1 AM (80%).
Now. Cross Plains is 59° and rain at 1 AM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the north at 16 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 53° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° 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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 83°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:03 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:20 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Cross Plains, Texas.
Precipitation
3.15 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 1 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Cross Plains, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Cross Plains, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rain Gage at Cross Plains ISD, Cross Plains320758099095000
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW7478FW7478
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.5 mi away/1,803 ft/63 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
CiscoGZN
At an airfield/18.4 mi away/1,716 ft/24 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cross Plains 6.5 WNWTX-CLN-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.5 mi away/1,799 ft/59 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BurkettBKET2
At a cooperative observer's station/9.9 mi away/1,578 ft/162 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 18.4 mi from Cross Plains, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Scattered at 700 ft, broken at 1,200 ft, overcast at 1,700 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 2.5 mi.
57.2 F with a dew point of 57.2 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.
From the north (360 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.
The full report of Cisco, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.