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Friday  February 21, 2025
Day 052 of 365
Week 07 of 52

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Today
since midnight
   
High/Low Temp 35.8°F 11:49 AM
28.0°F 05:48 AM
High/Low Humidity
 67% 08:13 AM
58% 12:00 AM
High/Low Dewpoint
 23.7°F 11:49 AM
15.9°F 02:05 AM
High/Low Pressure 30.631 in 10:01 AM
30.541 in 03:45 AM
Highest Wind Gust 12 mph 11:50 AM
Average Wind 7 mph
Average Direction SSW @ 210°
Rainfall 0.00 in



Week
since midnight Sunday

High/Low Temp 61.3°F Feb 17
15.4°F Feb 20
High/Low Humidity
 99% Feb 18
46% Feb 16
High/Low Dewpoint
 57.8°F Feb 18
11.6°F Feb 20
High/Low Pressure 30.679 in Feb 20
29.931 in Feb 18
Highest Wind Gust 29 mph Feb 16
Average Wind 8 mph
Average Direction WSW @ 246°
Rainfall 0.04 in

 

February

High/Low Temp 85.6°F Feb 08
15.4°F Feb 20
High/Low Humidity
 99% Feb 03
25% Feb 15
High/Low Dewpoint
 71.4°F Feb 08
11.6°F Feb 20
High/Low Pressure 30.679 in Feb 20
29.689 in Feb 12
Highest Wind Gust 29 mph Feb 16
Average Wind 7 mph
Average Direction SW @ 233°
Rainfall 0.93 in


2025

High/Low Temp 85.6°F Feb 08
15.4°F Feb 20
High/Low Humidity
 99% Jan 03
25% Jan 24
High/Low Dewpoint
 71.4°F Feb 08
8.2°F Jan 20
High/Low Pressure 30.814 in Jan 21
29.689 in Feb 12
Highest Wind Gust 29 mph Jan 05
Average Wind 6 mph
Average Direction SW @ 230°
Rainfall 3.53 in

 



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Mason Creek Tornado 2000



        

Leander, Texas   USA
      Located ½ mile WNW of Bagdad Rd at Crystal Falls Pkwy


ELEV 1037 FT
30.5529° N   -97.8615° W


 
Current Conditions
12:00 pm




Light Wind


with Light Wind gusts















34.2°F 1°CN
7 to 10 mph
11 to 15 kph

0.00 in
0.0 mm
since midnight
feels like 25.5°F


Wind Chill 28.2°F

Compass Bearing
1°


Last Freeze Event

02/21/2025 10:35:00 AM
0 days, 1 hour, 25 minutes ago

Last Rain Event

02/18/2025 06:00:00 PM
2 days, 18 hours, 0 minutes ago


78.3°F 25°C
Computer Room  
AC Filter replacement due 3/1/25


Wind Distribution
24hr          2hr

  
        
 
       Since Midnight
Last 2 hours
Average   6 mph
6 mph
Average Gust   9 mph
9 mph
  High Gust   12 mph
12 mph
 OUTDOOR Temperature Trends
compared to current temp of
34.2°F at 12:00 pm

  1.7°F above 1 hour ago
  4.3°F above 3 hours ago

  6.2°F above 12:00 pm Yesterday
  14.0°F above 12:00 pm 48 hrs ago
-20.9°F below 12:00 pm 72 hrs ago
-12.8°F below 12:00 pm last Friday
Rainfall Synopsis for Today

            0.00 in  Since Midnight
          0.00 in  Yesterday
          0.04 in  Week
          0.93 in  February
          3.53 in  2025




         




  Fair
⇓ falling



30.595 in Hg
1036 millibars







63%

High 67% 08:13 AM
 Low 58% 12:00 AM

-3% change last 3 hrs







22.9°F -5°C
  DRY 

3.0°F change last 3 hours
             
     
   


AcuRite 5-N-1®
Outdoor Sensor signal 100%
Sensor Batteries GOOD
Last sensor signal outage
02/13/2025 05:30:00 PM

7 days, 18 hours, 30 minutes ago

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Heavenly Bodies



Moon Phase
Distance 12:00 pm
246382 miles from Earth
40% Full

D i r e c t i o n
⬃ WSW
bearing 237°
Currently 0° ⇑ above the horizon
i
Friday  February 21, 2025
Moonrise 02:03:44 AM
Lunar Noon 07:04:41 AM
Moonset 12:03:06 PM

Next New 02/27/2025 06:44:43 PM
Next First Quarter 03/06/2025 10:31:32 AM
Next Full 03/14/2025 01:54:32 AM
Next Third Quarter 03/22/2025 06:29:20 AM



12:00 pm CST
Direction: SSE @ 163°
91.9430355773 million miles from Earth
47.781787037° ⇑ above the horizon
Friday  February 21, 2025
Astronomical Dawn: 05:45:28 AM
Nautical Dawn: 06:13:22 AM
Dawn: 06:40:40 AM
Sunrise: 07:06:52 AM
Solar Noon: 12:44:56 PM
Sunset: 06:23:25 PM
Dusk: 06:49:37 PM
Dark: 06:58:17 PM
Night: 07:44:53 PM

 Daylight: 11 hrs, 20 min
1 min, 45 sec more than yesterday
Darkness: 12 hrs, 40 min
Future Seasonal Solar Events
Northern Hemisphere

   Vernal Equinox: 03/20/2025 04:01:12 AM
 Summer Solstice: 06/20/2025 09:42:16 PM
Autumnal Equinox: 09/22/2025 01:19:14 PM
    Winter Solstice: 12/21/2025 09:02:48 AM



Our Solar System
Friday  February 21, 2025   12:00 pm CST
updated every 5 min

Distances are calculated from center to center of the applicable planetary bodies.
All years, days, and hours are in Earth time units. All Rise and Set timestamps are in U.S.- Central Standard Time



99.86% total mass of the entire solar system
Fuses 600M metric tons of hydrogen per second
equivalent to trillions of atomic bombs.

Diameter 864,938 mi
Rotation Period: 648 hours       Year: 247.7 billion years
Average surface temp 10,000°F 5538°C
Current Position and Bearings

91.9430355773 million miles  from Earth
Rise 07:05:16 AM
Set 06:25:00 PM
Bearing 163.426018233°
47.781787037° above the horizon
Smallest planet. Closest to the Sun, but
not the hottest planet. Very thin atmosphere.
Shrinking due to loss of core temp. No moon.

Diameter 3,031.9 mi
Day: 4222.6 hrs      Year: 88 days
Average surface temp 330°F 166°C
Current Position and Bearings

117.681434129 million miles  from Earth
31.610642744 million miles from the Sun
Rise 07:39:13 AM
Set 07:10:43 PM
Bearing 148.534511956°
46.916395239° above the horizon
Hottest planet due to high pressure CO2
greenhouse atmosphere. Brightest due to
highly reflective clouds of CO2. No moon.

Diameter 7,520.8 mi
Day: 2802 hrs      Year: 224.7 days
Average surface temp 867°F 464°C
Current Position and Bearings

35.5862045455 million miles from Earth
66.7850534351 million miles from the Sun
Rise 08:27:02 AM
Set 09:12:57 PM
Bearing 109.686759202°
44.7935178034° above the horizon


Only planet with H2O oceans, life forms,
and only one moon.

Diameter 7,917.5 mi
Day: 24 hrs      Year: 365.25 days
Average surface temp 59°F 15°C (rising due to CO2 pollution)
Current Position

91.9430355773 million miles  from the Sun
246382 mi  from the Moon
Oxidized ores explain it's reddish tints
Polar ice caps and seasons like Earth.
2 moons

Diameter 4,212.3 mi
Day: 24h 37m 23s       Year: 687 days
Average surface temp -85°F -65°C
Current Position and Bearings

74.9475840897 million miles from Earth
153.525401138 million miles from the Sun
Rise 02:29:00 PM
Set 04:51:32 AM
Bearing 34.4208920015°
-24.1955677668° above the horizon
Largest planet, all gases, no land surface
Violent hydrogen & helium atmosphere.
95 moons

Diameter 86,881 mi
Day: 09h 50m 30s       Year: 11.86 years
Average surface temp -166°F -110°C
Current Position and Bearings

451.788150344 million miles from Earth
474.05927046 million miles from the Sun
Rise 12:07:22 PM
Set 02:04:20 AM
Bearing 63.1171155917°
-1.08824859765° above the horizon




Rings are most likely previous moons
reduced to rubble by Saturn's gravity.
146 confirmed moons. All gases, no land
surface.

Diameter 72,367 mi
Day: 10h 14m       Year: 29.46 years
Average surface temp -220°F -140°C
Current Position and Bearings

0.981490226679 billion mi  from Earth
0.893746748193 billion miles from the Sun
Rise 08:00:52 AM
Set 07:37:23 PM
Bearing 139.558454933°
45.2297244197° above the horizon

28° axial tilt, similar to Mars & Earth
Rotates on it's side. 27 moons

Diameter 31,518 mi
Day: 17h 14m       Year: 84 years
Average surface temp -320°F -196°C
Current Position and Bearings

1.83029882568 billion miles  from Earth
1.81677639823 billion miles  from the Sun
Rise 11:00:13 AM
Set 12:38:35 AM
Bearing 75.3528803954°
11.7250630217° above the horizon

Furthest, darkest, coldest, and smallest
outer planet. 1,500 mph winds and
14 moons

Diameter 30,599 mi
Day: 16 hrs       Year: 164.8 years
Average surface temp -330°F -201°C
Current Position and Bearings

2.86155727314 billion miles  from Earth
2.77871691348 billion miles  from the Sun
Rise 08:22:36 AM
Set 08:18:17 PM
Bearing 127.413135495°
43.5095617678° above the horizon



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THANK YOU


Steve
Callsign W5SDC
Storm chaser, weather station mechanic, and web server administrator

This station's first weather page went live on the internet in January of 2004. Since then, home weather stations have become much more reliable, affordable, and now provide much more data than just basic temperature, wind, and rain measurements.

It is a pleasure to have a weather station on the web and very honorable to be able to submit instrument readings to NOAA's MADIS database through the CWOP-Citizens Weather Observer Program. I also xmit conditions at 5 min intervals to Weather Underground and findu.com.

My data from Leander, Texas combined with thousands of other private stations around the world provides invaluable data used for forecasting, nowcasting, and scientific study by students of meteorology and climate.

This station is here solely in the public interest and simply for the greater good that up to date weather information brings everyone.

Thanks for stopping by.



TECHNICAL SALUTATIONS

Tom Keffer



Big thanks to Tom Keffer for writing the weeWX weather station engine and also to Matthew Wall and Gary Roderick for their invaluable contributions to weeWX. Get the whole saga of weeWX and the software at the link above. weeWX is relatively easy to configure and use even for those like me with limited programming experience. On June 26, 2017, I started with the basic template that was included and have watched this entire weather website's template grow to 1,758 lines of HTML over the last seven years.


Elwood Downey


Thank You Elwood Downey, WB0OEW for your creation of the astronomical position calculations used in the Heavenly Bodies section of this website. Donating your libastro C calculation library for use in PyEphem for linux was a very gracious thing to do. Many people are grateful for your generosity and hard work on that project and so many others.



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