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Dripping Springs, Texas

City in Hays County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Dripping Springs

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 22 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good22.9 mi
  • Ozone15Good11 ppb22.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good22.9 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 Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Dripping Springs

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.08 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.08in

Visibility

How far you can see at Dripping Springs, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Dripping Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Dripping Springs 0.9 NTX-HYS-22

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.0 mi away/1,230 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Austin - City/Camp Mabry, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.1 mi from Dripping Springs, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Austin - City/Camp Mabry, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATTFIG. A THE SKY OVER AUSTIN - CITY/CAMP MABRYSECTION, 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 REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAustin - City/Camp Mabry, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ATTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 53.0 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Austin - City/Camp Mabry: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.0, 70 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATTFIG. B THE AIR AT AUSTIN - CITY/CAMP MABRYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.7 FTEMPERATURE 63.0 FDEW POINT 53.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 70 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 POINTTITLEAustin - City/Camp Mabry, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ATTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 39 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Austin - City/Camp Mabry, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 39; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATTFIG. C THE WIND AT AUSTIN - CITY/CAMP MABRYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE39GUST, 39 MPH9STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAustin - City/Camp Mabry, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ATTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Austin - City/Camp Mabry, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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