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Waxahachie, Texas

City in Ellis County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Waxahachie

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), 25 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Waxahachie

0.23 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.23in
Last 3 days
0.23in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Waxahachie, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Waxahachie 1.7 ENETX-EL-41

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/617 ft/15 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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MaypearlMYPT2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.2 mi away/561 ft/41 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank69of 4,689

Station report

The weather at Midlothian/Waxac, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.5 mi from Waxahachie, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,100 ft, scattered at 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Midlothian/Waxac, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,100 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 JWYFIG. A THE SKY OVER MIDLOTHIAN/WAXACSECTION, 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 2,100 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMidlothian/Waxac, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JWYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JWY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.8 F with a dew point of 56.7 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Midlothian/Waxac: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.7, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JWYFIG. B THE AIR AT MIDLOTHIAN/WAXACTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE 60.8 FDEW POINT 56.7 FSPREAD 4.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEMidlothian/Waxac, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JWYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JWY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Midlothian/Waxac, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JWYFIG. C THE WIND AT MIDLOTHIAN/WAXACPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMidlothian/Waxac, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JWYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JWY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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