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Plano, Texas

City in Collin County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Plano

Index 45, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 20 miles off.

45Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)45Good-
  • Ozone42Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)24Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Plano

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Plano, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

FriscoTCEQ-31

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.5 mi away/761 ft/55 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank3,284of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Plano 2.6 NNWTX-CLL-98

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/744 ft/38 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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RichardsonRRNT2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.1 mi away/650 ft/56 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Dallas/Addison Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.0 mi from Plano, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 7,000 ft, broken at 9,000 ft, overcast at 12,000 ft; the ceiling is 7,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Dallas/Addison Arpt, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 9,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, the ceiling at 7,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ADSFIG. A THE SKY OVER DALLAS/ADDISON ARPTSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 12,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 9,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 7,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDallas/Addison Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ADSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ADS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

75.2 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Dallas/Addison Arpt: temperature 75.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 65 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ADSFIG. B THE AIR AT DALLAS/ADDISON ARPTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 7,000 FTTEMPERATURE 75.2 FDEW POINT 62.6 FSPREAD 12.6 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 POINTTITLEDallas/Addison Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ADSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ADS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dallas/Addison Arpt, north up: blowing from 20 degrees, the north northeast, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ADSFIG. C THE WIND AT DALLAS/ADDISON ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 20°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDallas/Addison Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ADSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ADS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Dallas/Addison Arpt, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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