Storm Station
Lancaster, Texas
85°
Clear· Feels like 84°·Light breeze 5 mph SE
Mostly sunny. High near 95, with temperatures falling to around 93 in the afternoon. Heat index values as high as 97. South wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
39%Humidity
6%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Lancaster, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

LancasterLNC

At an airfield/4.4 mi away/502 ft/73 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Cedar Hill State ParkCDHT2

In a park or preserve/12.0 mi away/600 ft/25 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank780of 2,456

measured daily2 instruments

DeSoto 2.2 ENETX-DA-63

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/613 ft/38 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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FerrisFERT2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.9 mi away/482 ft/93 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Cedar Hill State Park, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 12.0 mi from Lancaster. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:07 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

75.0 F with a dew point of 64.5 F, 70 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 Cedar Hill State Park: temperature 75.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.5, 70 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 CDHT2FIG. B THE AIR AT CEDAR HILL STATE PARKTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 2,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.1 FTEMPERATURE 75.0 FDEW POINT 64.5 FSPREAD 10.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 70 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 POINTTITLECedar Hill State Park, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP CDHT2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CDHT2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (172 degrees) at 3 mph, gusting 8 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Cedar Hill State Park, north up: blowing from 172 degrees, the south, at 3 miles an hour, gusting 8; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDHT2FIG. C THE WIND AT CEDAR HILL STATE PARKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 172°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECedar Hill State Park, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP CDHT2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CDHT2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 600 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.28 inHg and the temperature at 56.9 F; it reports 75.0 F, 18.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Cedar Hill State Park stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 600 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.28 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDHT2FIG. D WHERE CEDAR HILL STATE PARK 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 ATMOSPHERECEDAR HILL STATE PARK2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT600 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 HERE29.28 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED75.0 FTITLECedar Hill State Park, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP CDHT2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CDHT2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Cedar Hill State Park, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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