Storm Station
Dickens, Texas
77°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 77°·Light breeze 4 mph SSW
Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. West southwest wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
54%Humidity
52%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Dickens, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

Spur 1WSPST2

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.9 mi away/2,300 ft/241 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,100of 2,453

measured daily2 instruments

Dickens 1.5 WTX-DK-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/2,445 ft/96 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

SpurTSPT2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.0 mi away/2,287 ft/254 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Spur 1W, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 9.9 mi from Dickens. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:00 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Spur 1W: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SPST2FIG. B THE AIR AT SPUR 1WTHE 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 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.3 FTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 61.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLESpur 1W, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP SPST2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SPST2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (90 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Spur 1W, north up: blowing from 90 degrees, the east, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SPST2FIG. C THE WIND AT SPUR 1WPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 90°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESpur 1W, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP SPST2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SPST2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 2,300 ft above sea level, 8 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.52 inHg and the temperature at 50.8 F; it reports 68.0 F, 17.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Spur 1W stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 2,300 feet above sea level with 8 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.52 inches of mercury, and temperature, 50.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SPST2FIG. D WHERE SPUR 1W 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 ATMOSPHERESPUR 1W8 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT2,300 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 HERE27.52 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE50.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED68.0 FTITLESpur 1W, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP SPST2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SPST2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Spur 1W, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Spur (TSPT2), 10.0 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Texas

20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Dickens

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.