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Frankston, Texas

Town in Anderson County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Frankston

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Tyler-Longview-Marshall (TX), 23 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
  • Ozone22Good21 ppb20.4 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Frankston

None in the last 24 hours; 0.08 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.08in

Visibility

How far you can see at Frankston, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Frankston, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

AthensF44

At an airfield/20.3 mi away/444 ft/7 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank882of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Frankston 0.4 SETX-AN-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/397 ft/54 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

New Summerfield 2WNSUT2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.1 mi away/515 ft/64 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Athens, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.3 mi from Frankston, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,600 ft; the ceiling is 1,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Athens, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, the ceiling at 1,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT F44FIG. A THE SKY OVER ATHENSSECTION, 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 1,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAthens, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS F44TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-F44-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Athens: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT F44FIG. B THE AIR AT ATHENSTHE 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 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 60.8 FSPREAD 7.2 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 POINTTITLEAthens, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS F44TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-F44-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Athens, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT F44FIG. C THE WIND AT ATHENSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAthens, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS F44TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-F44-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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