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Driftwood, Texas

Community in Hays County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Driftwood

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 20 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good21.3 mi
  • Ozone27Good29 ppb22.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good21.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Driftwood

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Driftwood, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 9 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Driftwood, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at San Marcos (AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.7 mi from Driftwood, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over San Marcos (AWOS), height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HYIFIG. A THE SKY OVER SAN MARCOS (AWOS)SECTION, 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 SHEETSCT 4,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESan Marcos (AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HYITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HYI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

74.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,700 ft.

Chart of the air at San Marcos (AWOS): temperature 74.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HYIFIG. B THE AIR AT SAN MARCOS (AWOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,700 FTTEMPERATURE 74.0 FDEW POINT 64.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 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 POINTTITLESan Marcos (AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HYITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HYI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at San Marcos (AWOS), north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HYIFIG. C THE WIND AT SAN MARCOS (AWOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESan Marcos (AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HYITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HYI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of San Marcos (AWOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Elsewhere in Texas

20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

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