DumasDUX
At an airfield/33.3 mi away/3,704 ft/13 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Stratford until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 9 degrees warmer: a high of 66° after 57° today.
Now. Stratford is 43° and clear at 5 AM. With the wind it feels like 35°. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 18 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. 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 Wednesday, near 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 66°. Rain is possible Thursday (30%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 22 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:19 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Stratford, Texas.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Sat 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Stratford, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 3 instruments nearest Stratford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
DumasDUX
At an airfield/33.3 mi away/3,704 ft/13 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Stratford 0.5 ESETX-SR-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/3,691 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Dalhart 2SEDHRT2
At a cooperative observer's station/31.0 mi away/3,980 ft/289 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 33.3 mi from Stratford, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
41.0 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.
From the north (10 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.
The full report of Dumas, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.