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Harper, Texas

Community in Gillespie County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Harper

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, San Antonio (TX), 75 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone27Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Harper

0.15 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.15in
Last 3 days
0.15in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Harper, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

dA RanchTWDB-KRDAR

On a farm or research station/8.1 mi away/2,092 ft/29 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank634of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Harper 1.4 STX-GS-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/2,057 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

HarperHRPT2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.5 mi away/2,062 ft/1 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank297of 4,689

Station report

The weather at Fredericksburg/Gillespie County, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.2 mi from Harper, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fredericksburg/Gillespie County, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT T82FIG. A THE SKY OVER FREDERICKSBURG/GILLESPIE COUNTYSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFredericksburg/Gillespie County, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS T82TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-T82-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.8 F with a dew point of 57.2 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Fredericksburg/Gillespie County: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.2, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT T82FIG. B THE AIR AT FREDERICKSBURG/GILLESPIE COUNTYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,100 FTTEMPERATURE 60.8 FDEW POINT 57.2 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEFredericksburg/Gillespie County, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS T82TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-T82-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fredericksburg/Gillespie County, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT T82FIG. C THE WIND AT FREDERICKSBURG/GILLESPIE COUNTYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFredericksburg/Gillespie County, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS T82TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-T82-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fredericksburg/Gillespie County, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Harper (HRPT2), 1.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Texas

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

Near Harper

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

Near Harper

River and lake gauges