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Ennis, Texas

City in Ellis County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Ennis

Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 31 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone32Good-
  • 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.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ennis

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ennis, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ennis, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

LancasterLNC

At an airfield/18.0 mi away/502 ft/35 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Ennis 0.7 SSWTX-EL-27

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/536 ft/1 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Bardwell LakeBDWT2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.6 mi away/433 ft/104 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Waxahachie Creek 5 S Bardwell Lake, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 5.6 mi from Ennis, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:30 AM local time: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the north northwest (348 degrees) at 29 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Waxahachie Creek 5 S Bardwell Lake, north up: blowing from 348 degrees, the north northwest, at 29 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BDWT2FIG. C THE WIND AT WAXAHACHIE CREEK 5 S BARDWELL LAKEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 348°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWaxahachie Creek 5 S Bardwell Lake, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP BDWT2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BDWT2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 433 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.46 inHg and the temperature at 57.5 F.

Section from sea level of where Waxahachie Creek 5 S Bardwell Lake stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 433 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.46 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.5 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BDWT2FIG. D WHERE WAXAHACHIE CREEK 5 S BARDWELL LAKE STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREWAXAHACHIE CREEK 5 S BARDWELL LAKE2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT433 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.46 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.5 FTITLEWaxahachie Creek 5 S Bardwell Lake, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP BDWT2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BDWT2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 49 degrees above the horizon at 32.25 N, and the day is 11 h 14 min long. Level ground there takes 75 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Waxahachie Creek 5 S Bardwell Lake, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 49 degrees above the horizon, against 81 at the June solstice, 58 at the equinoxes and 34 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 14 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BDWT2FIG. E THE SUN AT WAXAHACHIE CREEK 5 S BARDWELL LAKEELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 81°EQUINOXES 58°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 34°OCT 16, 49°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 14 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 75 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 32.25 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEWaxahachie Creek 5 S Bardwell Lake, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP BDWT2TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BDWT2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Waxahachie Creek 5 S Bardwell Lake, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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