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Dime Box, Texas

Community in Lee County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Dime Box

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 54 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone23Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Dime Box

None in the last 24 hours; 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.19in

Visibility

How far you can see at Dime Box, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 1 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Dime Box, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

CaldwellRWV

At an airfield/13.2 mi away/390 ft/20 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2,636of 4,734

measured daily2 instruments

Dime BoxDBXT2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.2 mi away/387 ft/17 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Caldwell, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.2 mi from Dime Box, Texas. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 5:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft.

Section of the sky over Caldwell, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RWVFIG. A THE SKY OVER CALDWELLSECTION, 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 FTTITLECaldwell, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RWVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RWV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Caldwell: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RWVFIG. B THE AIR AT CALDWELLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.8 FTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 39.2 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 POINTTITLECaldwell, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RWVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RWV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Caldwell, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RWVFIG. C THE WIND AT CALDWELLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECaldwell, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RWVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RWV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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