Parks/Texas/McKinney Falls State Park

McKinney Falls State Park, Texas

State Park in Travis County, Texas

70° 87°/65°

Mostly clear· Feels like 70°·Light air 3 mph N

Now. McKinney Falls State Park is 70° and mostly clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north at 3 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 83° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 65° 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 9, very high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.

The week. Highs stay close to 89° all week. The days ahead look dry.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:10 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 4:27 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 44 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

40Air quality

60%Humidity

17%Cloud

Now

12:00 AM

70feels70

Today

Oct 6

8765

UV 9

Wed

Oct 7

8863

UV 9

Thu

Oct 8

8766

UV 8

Fri

Oct 9

8867

Sat

Oct 10

8865

Sun

Oct 11

8867

Mon

Oct 12

9069

15%

70°

87°65°

88°63°

87°66°

88°67°

88°65°

88°67°

90°69°

As of 12:00 AM in McKinney Falls State Park, Texas.

Air quality

The air at McKinney Falls State Park

Index 40, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Austin (TX), 5 miles off.

40Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
Ozone40Good42 ppb10.9 mi

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Thu Oct 8, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

GoodModerate

23YesterdayOct 5
ModerateTodayOct 6
ModerateWedOct 7
ModerateThuOct 8

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Wed 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at McKinney Falls State Park

None in the last 24 hours; 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Mon 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.09in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

How far you can see at McKinney Falls State Park, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Wed 7 PM.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 1.13 sq mi
Height at its point: 574 ft
County: Travis County
State: Texas
Latitude: 30.1984° N
Longitude: 97.7197° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest McKinney Falls State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station CW2969CW2969

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/529 ft/45 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Austin Bergstrom IntlAUS

At an airfield/2.6 mi away/479 ft/95 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Ben White Blvd Svrd / Banister LnATX4

Beside a road/4.1 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Austin 33 NW23907

At a climate reference station/36.2 mi away/1,361 ft/787 ft above here