N Fk DMF Brazos Rv at Loop 289 nr Lubbock08079510
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.4 mi away/3,098 ft/51 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Ransom Canyon until 10 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Ransom Canyon is 55° and partly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northeast at 21 mph, gusting to 36 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. 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 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. Rain is possible Thursday (32%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:12 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:26 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Ransom Canyon, Texas.
Precipitation
0.57 in in the last 24 hours, 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Ransom Canyon, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Ransom Canyon, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
N Fk DMF Brazos Rv at Loop 289 nr Lubbock08079510
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.4 mi away/3,098 ft/51 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/12.2 mi away/3,241 ft/194 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW7042FW7042
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.1 mi away/3,281 ft/234 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Reese CenterS2104
At a soil climate station/21.4 mi away/3,333 ft/286 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Ransom Canyon 0.4 ENETX-LK-24
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/3,114 ft/67 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Lubbock NWSLUST2
At a cooperative observer's station/11.2 mi away/3,224 ft/177 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 12.2 mi from Ransom Canyon, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
A few clouds at 4,000 ft, broken at 23,000 ft; the ceiling is 23,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
52.0 F with a dew point of 42.0 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,000 ft.
From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 24 mph, gusting 36 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.
The full report of Lubbock INTL Arpt, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Lubbock NWS (LUST2), 11.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.