Storm Station
Rochester, Texas
79°
Light rain· Feels like 79°·Light breeze 7 mph ESE
Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. South wind around 10 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
60%Humidity
34%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Rochester, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Knox City MesonetKXST2

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.2 mi away/1,463 ft/139 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,024of 2,452

Knox CityS2201

At a soil climate station/9.3 mi away/1,448 ft/154 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

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measured daily2 instruments

Knox City 0.3 SWTX-KX-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.3 mi away/1,539 ft/63 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Radio Station KvrpHSKT2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.5 mi away/1,598 ft/4 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Knox City Mesonet, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 9.2 mi from Rochester. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:00 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 79 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 Knox City Mesonet: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 79 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 KXST2FIG. B THE AIR AT KNOX CITY MESONETTHE 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 64.4 FTEMPERATURE 73.0 FDEW POINT 66.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 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 POINTTITLEKnox City Mesonet, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP KXST2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-KXST2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 4 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Knox City Mesonet, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 4 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KXST2FIG. C THE WIND AT KNOX CITY MESONETPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKnox City Mesonet, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP KXST2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-KXST2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,463 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.37 inHg and the temperature at 53.8 F; it reports 73.0 F, 19.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Knox City Mesonet stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,463 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.37 inches of mercury, and temperature, 53.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KXST2FIG. D WHERE KNOX CITY MESONET 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 ATMOSPHEREKNOX CITY MESONET5 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,463 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 HERE28.37 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE53.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED73.0 FTITLEKnox City Mesonet, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP KXST2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-KXST2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Knox City Mesonet, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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