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At a river or reservoir gauge/11.6 mi away/397 ft/97 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Thornton, Texas
Town in Limestone County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of north central, northeast, and south central Texas. * WHEN...From 4 AM early this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Unsecured outdoor items may be blown around in the wind. Driving on area roadways may become difficult, especially for high-profile vehicles. Small tree limbs could break and cause damage.
A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of at least 20 to 30 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Boaters should use extra caution when venturing onto area lakes. Residents may wish to take action to secure trash cans, lawn furniture, and other lightweight outdoor objects that may be blown around in the strong winds.
65°
68°/59°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 65°·Fresh breeze 22 mph N
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Thornton until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Thornton is 65° and mostly clear at 1 PM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north at 22 mph, gusting to 37 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 66° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 Thursday, near 88°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 69°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:53 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:12 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 24 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
7UV High
28Air quality
34%Humidity
37%Cloud
Now
1:00 PM
65feels65
22mph
UV 7
Today
Oct 16
6859
24mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6947
12mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7244
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7746
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8251
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8553
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8856
overcast
65°
68°59°
69°47°
72°44°
77°46°
82°51°
85°53°
88°56°
As of 1:00 PM in Thornton, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Thornton
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Waco-Killeen (TX), 35 miles off.
28Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
- Ozone28Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- ModerateMonOct 19
- ModerateTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Thornton
None in the last 24 hours; 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.05in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Thornton, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Thornton, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Thornton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank3,114of 4,689
Citizen station FW9978FW9978
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.6 mi away/465 ft/29 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/16.2 mi away/546 ft/52 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
RieselS2199
At a soil climate station/18.8 mi away/539 ft/45 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Kosse 4.0 ETX-LT-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.5 mi away/479 ft/15 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MarlinMRLT2
At a cooperative observer's station/17.7 mi away/384 ft/110 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Mexia Limestone, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 16.2 mi from Thornton, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
65.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 34 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,600 ft up.
The wind
From the north (350 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.
The full report of Mexia Limestone, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Thornton
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.