Storm Station
McDade, Texas
72° 95°/70°
Overcast· Feels like 72°·Light breeze 4 mph S
Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. South wind 0 to 5 mph.
0UV Low
51Air quality
72%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
3:15 AM
72feels72
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
9570
UV 7
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
9572
UV 7
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
9772
19mph
UV 6
drizzle light
Wed
Sep 30
8675
43%
16mph
thunderstorm
Thu
Oct 1
7969
69%
16mph
thunderstorm hail
Fri
Oct 2
7367
59%
rain light
Sat
Oct 3
6966
28%
drizzle
72°
95°70°
95°72°
97°72°
86°75°
79°69°
73°67°
69°66°

As of 3:15 AM in McDade, Texas.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest McDade, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Giddings-Lee_Cnty_ArptGYB

At an airfield/17.5 mi away/486 ft/51 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank208of 2,452

measured daily2 instruments

McDade 0.8 WNWTX-BST-139

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/550 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

FedorFEDT2

At a cooperative observer's station/11.3 mi away/422 ft/115 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Giddings-Lee_Cnty_Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.5 mi from McDade. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:15 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 Giddings-Lee_Cnty_Arpt, 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 GYBFIG. A THE SKY OVER GIDDINGS-LEE_CNTY_ARPTSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEGiddings-Lee_Cnty_Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GYBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GYB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.4 F with a dew point of 66.4 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Giddings-Lee_Cnty_Arpt: temperature 71.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.4, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GYBFIG. B THE AIR AT GIDDINGS-LEE_CNTY_ARPTTHE 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 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.2 FTEMPERATURE 71.4 FDEW POINT 66.4 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLEGiddings-Lee_Cnty_Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GYBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GYB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Giddings-Lee_Cnty_Arpt, 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 GYBFIG. C THE WIND AT GIDDINGS-LEE_CNTY_ARPTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEGiddings-Lee_Cnty_Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GYBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GYB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Giddings-Lee_Cnty_Arpt, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Texas

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

Near McDade

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