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Tilden, Texas

Community in McMullen County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Tilden

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, San Antonio (TX), 66 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
  • Ozone27Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Tilden

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Tilden, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Tilden, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

McMullenNMT

At an airfield/18.8 mi away/293 ft/45 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3,228of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Tilden 0.0 NWTX-MCM-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/256 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station WX5II-15, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 24.4 mi from Tilden, Texas. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station WX5II-15, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WX5II-15FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION WX5II-15PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station WX5II-15, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP WX5II-15TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WX5II15-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 323 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.57 inHg and the temperature at 57.8 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.02 inHg means its barometer reads 29.67 inHg; it reports 68.0 F, 10.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station WX5II-15 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 323 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.57 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.8 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.02 and the station pressure it means, 29.67.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WX5II-15FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION WX5II-15 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION WX5II-151 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT323 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 HERE29.57 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.8 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.02 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.67 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED68.0 FTITLECitizen station WX5II-15, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP WX5II-15TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WX5II15-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 53 degrees above the horizon at 28.34 N, and the day is 11 h 20 min long. Level ground there takes 79 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station WX5II-15, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 53 degrees above the horizon, against 85 at the June solstice, 62 at the equinoxes and 38 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 20 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WX5II-15FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION WX5II-15ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 85°EQUINOXES 62°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 38°OCT 16, 53°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 20 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 79 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 28.34 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station WX5II-15, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP WX5II-15TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WX5II15-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station WX5II-15, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at San Miquel River (CROT2), 9.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

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Near Tilden

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