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Mesquite, Texas

City in Dallas County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Mesquite

Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 10 miles off.

38Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good-
  • Ozone38Good28 ppb13.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Mesquite

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Mesquite, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Mesquite, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Mesquite 2.3 NTX-DA-70

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/503 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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RichardsonRRNT2

At a cooperative observer's station/14.7 mi away/650 ft/140 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Mesquite, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.6 mi from Mesquite, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mesquite, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HQZFIG. A THE SKY OVER MESQUITESECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMesquite, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HQZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HQZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.8 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 72 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Mesquite: temperature 73.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 72 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HQZFIG. B THE AIR AT MESQUITETHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 2,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.2 FTEMPERATURE 73.8 FDEW POINT 64.4 FSPREAD 9.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 72 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 POINTTITLEMesquite, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HQZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HQZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mesquite, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HQZFIG. C THE WIND AT MESQUITEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMesquite, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HQZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HQZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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