RieselS2199
At a soil climate station/2.4 mi away/539 ft/28 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Riesel, Texas
City in McLennan County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...North and Central Texas * WHEN...From 4 AM to 7 PM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Unsecured outdoor items may be blown around in the wind. Driving on area roadways may become difficult, especially for high-profile vehicles. Small tree limbs could break and cause damage.
A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of at least 20 to 30 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Boaters should use extra caution when venturing onto area lakes. Residents may wish to take action to secure trash cans, lawn furniture, and other lightweight outdoor objects that may be blown around in the strong winds.
75°
67°/59°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 75°·Light breeze 8 mph N
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Riesel until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Riesel is 75° and mostly clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the north at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 59° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 67°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:55 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:13 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 25 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
52Air quality
66%Humidity
29%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
75feels75
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6759
45%
27mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6748
14mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7043
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7648
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8154
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8558
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8761
overcast
75°
67°59°
67°48°
70°43°
76°48°
81°54°
85°58°
87°61°
As of 12:00 AM in Riesel, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Riesel
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Waco-Killeen (TX), 13 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate14.9 mi
- Ozone38Good29 ppb14.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.
GoodModerate
- 32YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Riesel
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Riesel, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Riesel, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Riesel, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank2,798of 4,689
Riesal ScanRIET2
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.5 mi away/539 ft/28 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station EW6308EW6308
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.3 mi away/498 ft/13 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
WacoCNW
At an airfield/14.3 mi away/469 ft/42 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Riesel 2.0 NNETX-MCL-67
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/544 ft/33 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MarlinMRLT2
At a cooperative observer's station/10.5 mi away/384 ft/127 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Waco, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 14.3 mi from Riesel, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
A few clouds at 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
77.0 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 57 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.
The wind
From the north (350 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.
The full report of Waco, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Texas
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Near Riesel
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.