RBar MenardTWDB-MNRBA
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.4 mi away/2,017 ft/130 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Menard until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 1 AM, the chance peaking at 87% around 3 AM.
Now. Menard is 64° and light rain at 1 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 52° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 84°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:07 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:27 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 26 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Menard, Texas.
Precipitation
1.80 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.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 4 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Menard, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 4 instruments nearest Menard, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
RBar MenardTWDB-MNRBA
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.4 mi away/2,017 ft/130 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/27.8 mi away/1,713 ft/174 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Menard 5.7 NWTX-MND-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.0 mi away/2,033 ft/146 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
0.7MI N. Of Po At Fort Mckavett.TxFKAT2
At a cooperative observer's station/20.2 mi away/2,156 ft/269 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 27.8 mi from Menard, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
A few clouds at 1,000 ft, broken at 4,900 ft, overcast at 7,000 ft; the ceiling is 4,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
64.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.
From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.
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Snow on the ground
Measured at 0.7MI N. Of Po At Fort Mckavett.Tx (FKAT2), 20.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:13. measured daily
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