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Sheridan, Texas

Community in Colorado County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Sheridan

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Victoria (TX), 50 miles off.

19Good
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sheridan

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sheridan, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Columbus66R

At an airfield/13.9 mi away/244 ft/41 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank881of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Sheridan 0.9 SSWTX-CLR-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/258 ft/27 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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SpeaksSPKT2

At a cooperative observer's station/15.1 mi away/157 ft/128 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Columbus, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.9 mi from Sheridan, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Columbus, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 66RFIG. A THE SKY OVER COLUMBUSSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 6,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEColumbus, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 66RTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-66R-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

72.0 F with a dew point of 70.7 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Columbus: temperature 72.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 70.7, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 66RFIG. B THE AIR AT COLUMBUSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 70.3 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 72.0 F, 70.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEColumbus, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 66RTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-66R-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Columbus, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 66RFIG. C THE WIND AT COLUMBUSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEColumbus, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 66RTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-66R-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Texas

20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Sheridan

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Sheridan

River and lake gauges