Citizen station FW4098FW4098
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/1,002 ft/1 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. Lakeside City is 60° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 17 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 53° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 85°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:12 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Lakeside City, Texas.
Air quality
Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lawton (OK), 58 miles off.
Highest 70, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
2.40 in in the last 24 hours, 3.10 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Lakeside City, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Lakeside City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW4098FW4098
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/1,002 ft/1 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
KickapooCWC
At an airfield/3.8 mi away/997 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
N Fk Buffalo Ck Res nr Iowa Pk07312380
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Wichita Falls 4.1 SWTX-WT-34
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/998 ft/3 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ScotlandSCOT2
At a cooperative observer's station/12.1 mi away/965 ft/36 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 3.8 mi from Lakeside City, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.
Overcast at 4,100 ft; the ceiling is 4,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
60.8 F with a dew point of 53.0 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,100 ft.
At 997 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.86 inHg and the temperature at 55.4 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.31 inHg means its barometer reads 29.23 inHg; it reports 60.8 F, 5.4 F warmer than standard.
The full report of Kickapoo, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Scotland (SCOT2), 12.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.