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Fairview, Texas

Town in Collin County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Fairview

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 27 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Fairview

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

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fairview, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Mc KinneyTKI

At an airfield/3.6 mi away/587 ft/8 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank30of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Allen 3.0 ENETX-CLL-84

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/637 ft/42 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Lavon ReservoirLVNT2

At a reservoir/10.9 mi away/482 ft/113 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Mc Kinney, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.6 mi from Fairview, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:31 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,800 ft, overcast at 6,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mc Kinney, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, the ceiling at 2,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TKIFIG. A THE SKY OVER MC KINNEYSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMc Kinney, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TKITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TKI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 52.0 F, 67 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Mc Kinney: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 52.0, 67 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TKIFIG. B THE AIR AT MC KINNEYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,800 FTTEMPERATURE 63.0 FDEW POINT 52.0 FSPREAD 11.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 67 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 POINTTITLEMc Kinney, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TKITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TKI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 26 mph, gusting 45 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 45 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mc Kinney, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 26 miles an hour, gusting 45; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TKIFIG. C THE WIND AT MC KINNEYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE39GUST, 45 MPH9STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMc Kinney, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TKITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TKI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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