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Valley Mills, Texas

City in Bosque County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Valley Mills

Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Waco-Killeen (TX), 21 miles off.

37Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good-
  • Ozone32Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Valley Mills

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Valley Mills, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Valley Mills, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

WacoACT

At an airfield/14.5 mi away/509 ft/92 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank878of 4,689

RieselS2199

At a soil climate station/36.8 mi away/539 ft/62 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank2,798of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Valley Mills 0.9 ESETX-MCL-56

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/698 ft/97 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

CrawfordCWFT2

At a cooperative observer's station/9.0 mi away/722 ft/121 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank287of 4,689

Station report

The weather at Waco, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.5 mi from Valley Mills, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 4,700 ft, scattered at 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Waco, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 4,700 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ACTFIG. A THE SKY OVER WACOSECTION, 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 5,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 4,700 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWaco, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ACTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACT-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 62.0 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Waco: temperature 72.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ACTFIG. B THE AIR AT WACOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 4,700 FTTEMPERATURE 72.0 FDEW POINT 62.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 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 POINTTITLEWaco, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ACTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Waco, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ACTFIG. C THE WIND AT WACOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWaco, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ACTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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