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Lockhart, Texas

City in Caldwell County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Lockhart

Index 46, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 27 miles off.

46Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)46Good-
  • Ozone30Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lockhart

None in the last 24 hours; 0.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lockhart, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lockhart, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Lockhart 0.7 NNETX-CLD-48

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/527 ft/14 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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LulingLUUT2

At a cooperative observer's station/14.1 mi away/401 ft/140 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at San Marcos (AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.1 mi from Lockhart, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 7,500 ft; the ceiling is 7,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over San Marcos (AWOS), height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 7,500 feet, the ceiling at 7,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HYIFIG. A THE SKY OVER SAN MARCOS (AWOS)SECTION, 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 7,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESan Marcos (AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HYITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HYI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

71.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,500 ft.

Chart of the air at San Marcos (AWOS): temperature 71.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 79 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HYIFIG. B THE AIR AT SAN MARCOS (AWOS)THE 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 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.3 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 7,500 FTTEMPERATURE 71.0 FDEW POINT 64.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 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 POINTTITLESan Marcos (AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HYITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HYI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at San Marcos (AWOS), north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 12 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 HYIFIG. C THE WIND AT SAN MARCOS (AWOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESan Marcos (AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HYITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HYI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of San Marcos (AWOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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