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Garden City, Texas

Community in Glasscock County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Garden City

Index 2, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Midland-Odessa (TX), 36 miles off.

2Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Garden City

0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.08in
Last 3 days
1.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Garden City, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Garden City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 15.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Garden City 15.8 SWTX-GL-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.9 mi away/2,713 ft/59 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Sterling City 8NWWCXT2

At a cooperative observer's station/25.0 mi away/2,454 ft/200 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Big_Spring, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.1 mi from Garden City, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Big_Spring, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BPGFIG. A THE SKY OVER BIG_SPRINGSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBig_Spring, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BPGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BPG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

55.0 F with a dew point of 39.0 F, 55 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Big_Spring: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.0, 55 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BPGFIG. B THE AIR AT BIG_SPRINGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 3,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.5 FTEMPERATURE 55.0 FDEW POINT 39.0 FSPREAD 16.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 55 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 POINTTITLEBig_Spring, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BPGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BPG-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 49 mph.

Plan of the wind at Big_Spring, 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 BPGFIG. C THE WIND AT BIG_SPRINGPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEBig_Spring, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BPGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BPG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Texas

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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Garden City

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