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Garden Ridge, Texas

City in Comal County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Garden Ridge

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 AM from its reporting area, San Antonio (TX), 19 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone22Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Garden Ridge

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 9 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 Garden Ridge, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Garden Ridge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Garden Ridge 1.2 WNWTX-CML-92

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/926 ft/10 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Randolph AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.5 mi from Garden Ridge, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,300 ft; the ceiling is 2,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Randolph AFB, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RNDFIG. A THE SKY OVER RANDOLPH AFBSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERandolph AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RNDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RND-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.6 F with a dew point of 53.4 F, 67 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Randolph AFB: temperature 64.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.4, 67 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RNDFIG. B THE AIR AT RANDOLPH AFBTHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 2,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 64.6 FDEW POINT 53.4 FSPREAD 11.2 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 POINTTITLERandolph AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RNDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RND-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Randolph AFB, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RNDFIG. C THE WIND AT RANDOLPH AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERandolph AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RNDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RND-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at New Braunfels Wfo (NBWT2), 17.3 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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