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Elgin, Texas

City in Bastrop County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Elgin

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 22 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good-
  • Ozone27Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Elgin

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Elgin, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Elgin, 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 now4 instruments

Lacy RAWSLATT2

A remote fire weather station/3.7 mi away/573 ft/3 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank761of 4,689

AustinEDC

At an airfield/11.1 mi away/615 ft/45 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2,698of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Elgin 1.0 NWTX-BST-179

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/561 ft/9 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Taylor 1NWTLRT2

At a cooperative observer's station/16.1 mi away/577 ft/7 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank744of 4,689

Station report

The weather at Austin, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.1 mi from Elgin, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,800 ft, overcast at 3,900 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Austin, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,900 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EDCFIG. A THE SKY OVER AUSTINSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAustin, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EDCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EDC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

70.3 F with a dew point of 63.3 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Austin: temperature 70.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.3, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EDCFIG. B THE AIR AT AUSTINTHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 70.3 FDEW POINT 63.3 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EDCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EDC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 25 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Austin, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 25 miles an hour, gusting 31; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EDCFIG. C THE WIND AT AUSTINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAustin, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EDCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EDC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Taylor 1NW (TLRT2), 16.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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