Storm Station
Ballinger, Texas
79° 98°/74°
Mostly clear· Feels like 79°·Light breeze 7 mph S
A chance of rain showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. South southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
0UV Low
44Air quality
56%Humidity
40%Cloud
Now
3:15 AM
79feels79
31%
now, mostly clear
Today
Sep 27
9874
31%
14mph
UV 6
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
9369
16mph
UV 7
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
9474
26%
23mph
UV 7
drizzle dense
Wed
Sep 30
9372
61%
25mph
UV 7
showers light
Thu
Oct 1
8166
59%
22mph
UV 6
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
6958
32%
18mph
drizzle light
Sat
Oct 3
7756
16%
UV 7
drizzle light
79°
98°74°
93°69°
94°74°
93°72°
81°66°
69°58°
77°56°

As of 3:15 AM in Ballinger, Texas.

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ballinger, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Coleman 26SWIVET2

At a river or reservoir gauge/24.1 mi away/1,539 ft/127 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank779of 2,452

Bronte 11 NNE03072

At a climate reference station/26.3 mi away/1,997 ft/331 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

ColemanCOM

At an airfield/33.2 mi away/1,697 ft/31 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

San AngeloS2200

At a soil climate station/35.1 mi away/1,970 ft/304 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Ballinger 0.2 NETX-RU-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,660 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Paint RockPAKT2

At a cooperative observer's station/16.6 mi away/1,634 ft/32 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Coleman 26SW, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 24.1 mi from Ballinger. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:07 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

76.0 F with a dew point of 65.9 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Coleman 26SW: temperature 76.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.9, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IVET2FIG. B THE AIR AT COLEMAN 26SWTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 2,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.5 FTEMPERATURE 76.0 FDEW POINT 65.9 FSPREAD 10.1 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 POINTTITLEColeman 26SW, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP IVET2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IVET2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (122 degrees) at 7 mph, gusting 9 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 14 mph.

Plan of the wind at Coleman 26SW, north up: blowing from 122 degrees, the east southeast, at 7 miles an hour, gusting 9; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IVET2FIG. C THE WIND AT COLEMAN 26SWPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 122°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEColeman 26SW, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP IVET2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IVET2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,539 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.29 inHg and the temperature at 53.5 F; it reports 76.0 F, 22.5 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Coleman 26SW stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,539 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.29 inches of mercury, and temperature, 53.5 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IVET2FIG. D WHERE COLEMAN 26SW 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 ATMOSPHERECOLEMAN 26SW5 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,539 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 HERE28.29 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE53.5 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED76.0 FTITLEColeman 26SW, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP IVET2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IVET2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Coleman 26SW, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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