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Gardendale, Texas

Community in Ector County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Gardendale

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Midland-Odessa (TX), 17 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Gardendale

None in the last 24 hours; 0.65 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.65in

Visibility

How far you can see at Gardendale, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Gardendale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Gardendale 1.1 NETX-EC-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/2,959 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Odessa Co-OpODET2

At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/2,969 ft/18 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Odessa-Schlemeyer Fld (Was E02), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.6 mi from Gardendale, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

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

Section of the sky over Odessa-Schlemeyer Fld (Was E02), height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 10,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ODOFIG. A THE SKY OVER ODESSA-SCHLEMEYER FLD (WAS E02)SECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 10,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 10,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOdessa-Schlemeyer Fld (Was E02), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ODOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ODO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

61.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 F, 62 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 10,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Odessa-Schlemeyer Fld (Was E02): temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 62 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 10,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ODOFIG. B THE AIR AT ODESSA-SCHLEMEYER FLD (WAS E02)THE 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 45.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 10,000 FTTEMPERATURE 61.0 FDEW POINT 48.0 FSPREAD 13.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 62 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 POINTTITLEOdessa-Schlemeyer Fld (Was E02), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ODOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ODO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 36 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.

Plan of the wind at Odessa-Schlemeyer Fld (Was E02), north up: blowing from 30 degrees, the north northeast, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 36; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ODOFIG. C THE WIND AT ODESSA-SCHLEMEYER FLD (WAS E02)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 30°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 36 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOdessa-Schlemeyer Fld (Was E02), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ODOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ODO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Odessa-Schlemeyer Fld (Was E02), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Texas

20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Gardendale

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

Near Gardendale

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