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Odessa, Texas

City in Ector County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Odessa

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Hobbs (NM), 74 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone26Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Odessa

0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 0.88 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.05in
Last 3 days
0.88in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Odessa, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Odessa Co-OpODET2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/2,969 ft/27 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Odessa 1.9 ETX-EC-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/2,883 ft/59 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Odessa-Schlemeyer Fld (Was E02), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.5 mi from Odessa, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 4,300 ft, overcast at 8,500 ft; the ceiling is 4,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Odessa-Schlemeyer Fld (Was E02), height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 8,500 feet, the ceiling at 4,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ODOFIG. A THE SKY OVER ODESSA-SCHLEMEYER FLD (WAS E02)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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 8,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 4,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOdessa-Schlemeyer Fld (Was E02), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ODOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ODO-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

62.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Odessa-Schlemeyer Fld (Was E02): temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 65 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ODOFIG. B THE AIR AT ODESSA-SCHLEMEYER FLD (WAS E02)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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 4,300 FTTEMPERATURE 62.0 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 12.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 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 POINTTITLEOdessa-Schlemeyer Fld (Was E02), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ODOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ODO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (40 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 35 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.

Plan of the wind at Odessa-Schlemeyer Fld (Was E02), north up: blowing from 40 degrees, the northeast, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 35; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ODOFIG. C THE WIND AT ODESSA-SCHLEMEYER FLD (WAS E02)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 40°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 35 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOdessa-Schlemeyer Fld (Was E02), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ODOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ODO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Odessa-Schlemeyer Fld (Was E02), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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