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Farmers Branch, Texas

City in Dallas County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Farmers Branch

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 13 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone17Good12 ppb4.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Farmers Branch

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 Farmers Branch, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Farmers Branch, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Farmers Branch 0.6 NWTX-DA-107

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/519 ft/22 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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RichardsonRRNT2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.8 mi away/650 ft/153 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Dallas/Addison Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.7 mi from Farmers Branch, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Dallas/Addison Arpt, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ADSFIG. A THE SKY OVER DALLAS/ADDISON ARPTSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 2,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDallas/Addison Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ADSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ADS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 55.4 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Dallas/Addison Arpt: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.4, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ADSFIG. B THE AIR AT DALLAS/ADDISON ARPTTHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE 64.4 FDEW POINT 55.4 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 POINTTITLEDallas/Addison Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ADSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ADS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dallas/Addison Arpt, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 22 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ADSFIG. C THE WIND AT DALLAS/ADDISON ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDallas/Addison Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ADSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ADS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Dallas/Addison Arpt, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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