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Hico, Texas

City in Hamilton County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Hico

Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Waco-Killeen (TX), 61 miles off.

37Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good-
  • Ozone32Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hico

0.19 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.19in
Last 3 days
0.19in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hico, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hico, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Hico 8.5 NTX-ER-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.3 mi away/1,195 ft/138 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank3,457of 4,689

Cranfills GapCNFT2

At a cooperative observer's station/19.0 mi away/997 ft/60 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Stephenville/Clark, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.1 mi from Hico, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 800 ft, overcast at 1,100 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Stephenville/Clark, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SEPFIG. A THE SKY OVER STEPHENVILLE/CLARKSECTION, 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 SKYBKN 800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEStephenville/Clark, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SEPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SEP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 56.7 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Stephenville/Clark: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.7, 95 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SEPFIG. B THE AIR AT STEPHENVILLE/CLARKTHE 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 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.0 F, 56.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 POINTTITLEStephenville/Clark, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SEPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SEP-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 26 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Stephenville/Clark, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 26 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SEPFIG. C THE WIND AT STEPHENVILLE/CLARKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEStephenville/Clark, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SEPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SEP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Stephenville/Clark, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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