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Rowlett, Texas

City in Dallas County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Rowlett

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 17 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone19Good21 ppb5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Rowlett

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rowlett, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Rowlett, 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 now3 instruments

RockwallF46

At an airfield/6.1 mi away/585 ft/141 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank623of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Rockwall 2.8 WTX-RK-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/475 ft/31 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Lavon ReservoirLVNT2

At a reservoir/8.7 mi away/482 ft/38 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Rockwall, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.1 mi from Rowlett, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,900 ft, overcast at 7,000 ft; the ceiling is 7,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Rockwall, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, the ceiling at 7,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT F46FIG. A THE SKY OVER ROCKWALLSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 7,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,900 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERockwall, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS F46TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-F46-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

61.0 F with a dew point of 45.5 F, 57 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Rockwall: temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.5, 57 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT F46FIG. B THE AIR AT ROCKWALLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 3,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,900 FTTEMPERATURE 61.0 FDEW POINT 45.5 FSPREAD 15.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 57 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 POINTTITLERockwall, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS F46TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-F46-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rockwall, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT F46FIG. C THE WIND AT ROCKWALLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERockwall, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS F46TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-F46-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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