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Ponder, Texas

Town in Denton County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Ponder

Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 40 miles off.

38Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good-
  • Ozone38Good10 ppb5.3 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.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ponder

0.12 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.12in
Last 3 days
0.12in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Thu 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ponder, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

DentonDTO

At an airfield/5.4 mi away/659 ft/62 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank617of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Ponder 0.3 NNETX-DN-109

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/731 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Site 2JSTT2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/653 ft/68 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Denton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.4 mi from Ponder, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:12 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,300 ft, overcast at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Denton, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DTOFIG. A THE SKY OVER DENTONSECTION, 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 10,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDenton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DTOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DTO-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

64.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Denton: temperature 64.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DTOFIG. B THE AIR AT DENTONTHE 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 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE 64.0 FDEW POINT 61.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEDenton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DTOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DTO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Denton, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DTOFIG. C THE WIND AT DENTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDenton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DTOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DTO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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