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Italy, Texas

Town in Ellis County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Italy

Index 45, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 41 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

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Italy

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Italy, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Italy, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

ItalyTCEQ-1044

At a river or reservoir gauge/0.9 mi away/541 ft/27 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank2,822of 4,689

HillsboroINJ

At an airfield/14.2 mi away/686 ft/118 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank621of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Milford 0.4 NETX-EL-74

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/616 ft/48 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MaypearlMYPT2

At a cooperative observer's station/11.9 mi away/561 ft/7 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank69of 4,689

Station report

The weather at Hillsboro, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.2 mi from Italy, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 5,500 ft, scattered at 7,000 ft, broken at 8,000 ft; the ceiling is 8,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hillsboro, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, the ceiling at 8,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT INJFIG. A THE SKY OVER HILLSBOROSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 8,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 7,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 5,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 8,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHillsboro, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS INJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-INJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

75.2 F with a dew point of 61.5 F, 62 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Hillsboro: temperature 75.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.5, 62 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT INJFIG. B THE AIR AT HILLSBOROTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 3,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 5,500 FTTEMPERATURE 75.2 FDEW POINT 61.5 FSPREAD 13.7 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 POINTTITLEHillsboro, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS INJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-INJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hillsboro, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT INJFIG. C THE WIND AT HILLSBOROPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHillsboro, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS INJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-INJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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River and lake gauges