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Sanderson, Texas

Community in Terrell County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Sanderson

Index 40, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Big Bend (TX), 75 miles off.

40Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)5Good-
  • Ozone40Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 33, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Sanderson

0.72 in in the last 24 hours, 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.72in
Last 3 days
1.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sanderson, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 9 miles Sun 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Sanderson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 12.7 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Dryden6R6

At an airfield/12.7 mi away/2,303 ft/489 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank650of 4,734

measured daily2 instruments

Fort Stockton 38.2 SETX-TL-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/29.3 mi away/2,972 ft/180 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Dryden, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.7 mi from Sanderson, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:51 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

55.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 49 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Dryden: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 49 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 6R6FIG. B THE AIR AT DRYDENTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 4,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.9 FTEMPERATURE 55.0 FDEW POINT 36.0 FSPREAD 19.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 49 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 POINTTITLEDryden, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 6R6TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-6R6-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dryden, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 6R6FIG. C THE WIND AT DRYDENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDryden, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 6R6TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-6R6-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 2,303 ft above sea level, 8 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.51 inHg and the temperature at 50.8 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.54 inHg means its barometer reads 28.08 inHg; it reports 55.0 F, 4.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Dryden stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 2,303 feet above sea level with 8 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.51 inches of mercury, and temperature, 50.8 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.54 and the station pressure it means, 28.08.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 6R6FIG. D WHERE DRYDEN STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREDRYDEN8 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT2,303 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE27.51 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE50.8 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.54 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.08 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED55.0 FTITLEDryden, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS 6R6TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-6R6-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Dryden, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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