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Gainesville, Texas

City in Cooke County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Gainesville

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Ardmore (OK), 38 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone-27 ppb18.6 mi

The days ahead

Highest 80, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Gainesville

0.41 in in the last 24 hours, 0.53 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.41in
Last 3 days
0.53in

Visibility

How far you can see at Gainesville, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Gainesville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Lindsay 0.1 NNWTX-COO-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/807 ft/57 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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GainesvilleGAVT2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/673 ft/77 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,812of 4,689

Station report

The weather at Gainesville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.0 mi from Gainesville, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 24,000 ft, broken at 26,000 ft; the ceiling is 24,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Gainesville, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 24,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 26,000 feet, the ceiling at 24,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GLEFIG. A THE SKY OVER GAINESVILLESECTION, 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 26,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 24,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 24,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGainesville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GLETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GLE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-010, FB-SKY-011, FB-SKY-012

The air

56.3 F with a dew point of 43.0 F, 61 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 24,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Gainesville: temperature 56.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.0, 61 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 24,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GLEFIG. B THE AIR AT GAINESVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 3,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.0 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 24,000 FTTEMPERATURE 56.3 FDEW POINT 43.0 FSPREAD 13.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 61 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 POINTTITLEGainesville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GLETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GLE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Gainesville, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GLEFIG. C THE WIND AT GAINESVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGainesville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GLETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GLE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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