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Terlingua, Texas

Community in Brewster County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Terlingua

Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Big Bend (TX), 25 miles off.

36Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone36Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Terlingua

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at Terlingua, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Terlingua, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Chisos Basin RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 18.3 mi from Terlingua, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 56.6 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Chisos Basin RAWS: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.6, 95 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CSBT2FIG. B THE AIR AT CHISOS BASIN RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.2 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.0 F, 56.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 POINTTITLEChisos Basin RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP CSBT2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CSBT2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (67 degrees) at 11 mph, gusting 34 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 34 mph.

Plan of the wind at Chisos Basin RAWS, north up: blowing from 67 degrees, the east northeast, at 11 miles an hour, gusting 34; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CSBT2FIG. C THE WIND AT CHISOS BASIN RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 67°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 11 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 34 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEChisos Basin RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP CSBT2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CSBT2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 5,174 ft above sea level, 17 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 24.73 inHg and the temperature at 40.5 F; it reports 58.0 F, 17.5 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Chisos Basin RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 5,174 feet above sea level with 17 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 24.73 inches of mercury, and temperature, 40.5 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CSBT2FIG. D WHERE CHISOS BASIN RAWS 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 ATMOSPHERECHISOS BASIN RAWS17 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT5,174 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 HERE24.73 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE40.5 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED58.0 FTITLEChisos Basin RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP CSBT2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CSBT2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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