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Vernon, Texas

City in Wilbarger County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Vernon

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lawton (OK), 59 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone22Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-

The days ahead

Highest 60, moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Vernon

None in the last 24 hours; 6.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
6.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Vernon, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Vernon, 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 now4 instruments

VernonF05

At an airfield/5.4 mi away/1,266 ft/25 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,082of 4,734

VernonS2202

At a soil climate station/9.6 mi away/1,184 ft/57 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank2,800of 4,734

measured daily2 instruments

Vernon 0.8 NETX-WG-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/1,224 ft/17 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

VernonVNNT2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/1,237 ft/4 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,565of 4,734

Station report

The weather at Vernon, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.4 mi from Vernon, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Vernon, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT F05FIG. A THE SKY OVER VERNONSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEVernon, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS F05TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-F05-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

48.4 F with a dew point of 43.7 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Vernon: temperature 48.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.7, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT F05FIG. B THE AIR AT VERNONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.6 FTEMPERATURE 48.4 FDEW POINT 43.7 FSPREAD 4.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLEVernon, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS F05TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-F05-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Vernon, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT F05FIG. C THE WIND AT VERNONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEVernon, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS F05TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-F05-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Vernon (VNNT2), 1.7 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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