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Garrett, Texas

Town in Ellis County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Garrett

Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 29 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone32Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Garrett

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Garrett, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Garrett, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

LancasterLNC

At an airfield/15.5 mi away/502 ft/44 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Ennis 2.0 WTX-EL-90

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/499 ft/47 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Bardwell LakeBDWT2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.7 mi away/433 ft/113 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station FW4725, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 13.7 mi from Garrett, Texas. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the west northwest (296 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station FW4725, north up: blowing from 296 degrees, the west northwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW4725FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION FW4725PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 296°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station FW4725, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW4725TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW4725-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 439 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.45 inHg and the temperature at 57.4 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.19 inHg means its barometer reads 29.71 inHg; it reports 70.0 F, 12.6 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station FW4725 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 439 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.45 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.4 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.19 and the station pressure it means, 29.71.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW4725FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION FW4725 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION FW47252 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT439 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.45 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.4 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.19 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.71 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED70.0 FTITLECitizen station FW4725, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW4725TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW4725-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 49 degrees above the horizon at 32.22 N, and the day is 11 h 14 min long. Level ground there takes 75 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station FW4725, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 49 degrees above the horizon, against 81 at the June solstice, 58 at the equinoxes and 34 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 14 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW4725FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION FW4725ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 81°EQUINOXES 58°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 34°OCT 16, 49°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 14 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 75 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 32.22 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station FW4725, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW4725TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW4725-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station FW4725, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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