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DeSoto, Texas

City in Dallas County, Texas

Air quality

The air at DeSoto

Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 13 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone32Good6 ppb6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at DeSoto

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 DeSoto, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest DeSoto, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Joe Pool LakeJPLT2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.9 mi away/545 ft/90 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Dallas/Redbird Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.0 mi from DeSoto, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Dallas/Redbird Arpt, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, the ceiling at 1,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RBDFIG. A THE SKY OVER DALLAS/REDBIRD ARPTSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDallas/Redbird Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RBDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RBD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 58.0 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 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Dallas/Redbird Arpt: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 58.0, 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 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RBDFIG. B THE AIR AT DALLAS/REDBIRD ARPTTHE 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 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE 63.0 FDEW POINT 58.0 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 POINTTITLEDallas/Redbird Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RBDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RBD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 33 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dallas/Redbird Arpt, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 33; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RBDFIG. C THE WIND AT DALLAS/REDBIRD ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 33 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDallas/Redbird Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RBDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RBD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Dallas/Redbird Arpt, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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