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Garland, Texas

City in Dallas County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Garland

Index 45, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 13 miles off.

45Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)45Good-
  • Ozone42Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)24Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Garland

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. 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 Garland, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 4 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Garland, 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

RockwallF46

At an airfield/12.0 mi away/585 ft/21 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank623of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

RichardsonRRNT2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/650 ft/86 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Rockwall, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.0 mi from Garland, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Rockwall, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT F46FIG. A THE SKY OVER ROCKWALLSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 4,600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERockwall, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS F46TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-F46-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Rockwall: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT F46FIG. B THE AIR AT ROCKWALLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,600 FTTEMPERATURE 73.0 FDEW POINT 64.4 FSPREAD 8.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLERockwall, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS F46TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-F46-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rockwall, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT F46FIG. C THE WIND AT ROCKWALLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERockwall, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS F46TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-F46-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Rockwall, 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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