Storm Station
Fairfield, Texas
70°
Mostly clear· Feels like 70°·Light air 2 mph SSE
Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. South southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
84%Humidity
28%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fairfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Mexia LimestoneLXY

At an airfield/21.7 mi away/546 ft/82 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank14of 2,457

Palestine 6 WNW53968

At a climate reference station/25.9 mi away/383 ft/81 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Fairfield 1.5 SWTX-FT-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/505 ft/41 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Site 1CSAT2

At a cooperative observer's station/31.0 mi away/440 ft/24 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Mexia Limestone, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.7 mi from Fairfield. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:55 AM 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 Mexia Limestone, 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 LXYFIG. A THE SKY OVER MEXIA LIMESTONESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMexia Limestone, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LXYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LXY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

65.3 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 92 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Mexia Limestone: temperature 65.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 92 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LXYFIG. B THE AIR AT MEXIA LIMESTONETHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.4 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 65.3 F, 63.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 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 POINTTITLEMexia Limestone, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LXYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LXY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Mexia Limestone, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LXYFIG. C THE WIND AT MEXIA LIMESTONEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMexia Limestone, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LXYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LXY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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