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Current Heat Index 111.0°F
Risk of heatstroke increases when over 110°F



Saturday  August 09, 2025
Day 221 of 365
Week 31 of 52

Central Daylight Time (UTC -5 hrs)



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Today
since midnight
   
High/Low Temp 100.8°F 03:12 PM
76.5°F 06:43 AM
High/Low/Avg Humidity
 89% 06:39 AM
42% 02:41 PM
65% Average
High/Low Dew Point
 76.3°F 10:09 AM
70.1°F 03:24 AM
High/Low Pressure 29.977 in 07:25 AM
29.848 in 05:08 PM
Highest Wind Gust 12 mph 11:18 AM
Rainfall 0.00 in



Week
since midnight Sunday

High/Low Temp 102.9°F Aug 08
69.6°F Aug 05
High/Low Humidity
 99% Aug 03
39% Aug 08
High/Low Dew Point
 79.1°F Aug 06
68.8°F Aug 04
High/Low Pressure 30.172 in Aug 06
29.833 in Aug 03
Highest Wind Gust 14 mph Aug 08
Rainfall 0.04 in

 

August

High/Low Temp 105.4°F Aug 01
69.6°F Aug 05
High/Low Humidity
 99% Aug 03
37% Aug 01
High/Low Dew Point
 79.1°F Aug 06
68.8°F Aug 04
High/Low Pressure 30.172 in Aug 06
29.833 in Aug 03
Highest Wind Gust 26 mph Aug 02
Rainfall 0.05 in


2025


High/Low Temp 105.4°F Aug 01
15.4°F Feb 20
Last 100° Freeze
08/09/2025 04:05:00 PM
0 days, 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

02/22/2025 09:40:00 AM
168 days, 6 hours, 30 minutes ago
High/Low Humidity
 99% Jan 03
14% Mar 14
High/Low Dew Point
 81.1°F Jul 03
8.2°F Jan 20
High/Low Pressure 30.814 in Jan 21
29.402 in Mar 14
Highest Wind Gust 36 mph Mar 04
Rainfall 28.05 in
77% of 36 inch average total rain per year
7.95 in still req'd to reach 36 inch average

 



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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
30.55295° N   -97.86159° W

 
05:10 pm
Conditions updated every 5½ minutes
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Temperature Graphs and Comfort Index




Light Breeze


with Light Wind gusts















99.4°F 37°C

⇔
 STEADY
SE
126°
5 mph to 10 mph
8 kph to 16 kph		0.00 in
0.0 mm
total rain since midnight
feels like 105.9°F 41°C

feels like 118°F in direct sun



Dew Point Comfort Index
OPPRESSIVE
Dew Point 73.5°F 23°C
Relative Humidity 44%


   Closed vehicles in direct sun  
currently can reach 139°F inside

NEVER leave any person or pet
stranded inside of a hot vehicle

Last Rain Event


08/04/2025 01:00:00 PM
5 days, 4 hours, 10 minutes ago


74.5°F 23°C
Server Room
High 76.4°F Low 73.2°F  
Next AC Filter Check 9/1/25


Wind Distribution
24hr          2hr
Wind Roses courtesy of findu.com

  
        
 
       Since Midnight
Last 2 hours
Average   5 mph
5 mph
Average Gust   8 mph
8 mph
  High Gust   12 mph
10 mph
 Outdoor Temp Trends
compared to current temp of
99.4°F at 05:10 pm

-0.3°F below 1 hour ago

  0.7°F above 3 hours ago
-1.6°F below 05:10 pm Yesterday
N/A below 05:10 pm 2 days ago
-0.1°F below 05:10 pm 3 days ago
 10.2°F above 05:10 pm last Saturday
Quick Rainfall Synopsis

            0.00 in  Since Midnight
          0.00 in  Yesterday
          0.04 in  Week
          0.05 in  Month
          28.05 in  Year to Date




         




  Change
⇓ falling
-0.062 in Hg last 3 hours


29.849 in Hg
1010 millibars







44%

High 89% 06:39 AM
 Low 42% 02:41 PM

-0% change last 3 hrs







73.5°F 23°C
  OPPRESSIVE 

0.2°F change last 3 hours
             
     
   


AcuRite 5-N-1®
Outdoor Sensor signal 100%
Sensor Batteries GOOD
Last sensor signal outage
07/12/2025 12:00:00 PM

28 days, 5 hours, 10 minutes ago

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Heavenly Bodies



Moon Phase

Sturgeon Moon

Distance 05:10 pm
237621 miles from Earth
100% Full

D i r e c t i o n
⇨ E
bearing 79°
Currently -46° ⇓ below the horizon
i
Saturday  August 09, 2025
Moonrise 08:51:27 PM
Lunar Noon 01:37:49 AM
Moonset 07:05:33 AM

Next New 08/23/2025 01:06:25 AM
Next First Quarter 08/31/2025 01:25:05 AM
Next Full 09/07/2025 01:08:46 PM
Next Third Quarter 08/16/2025 12:12:07 AM

05:10 pm CDT
Direction: W @ 265°
94.2227865929 million miles from Earth
39.2461098765° ⇑ above the horizon
Saturday  August 09, 2025
Astronomical Dawn: 05:26:33 AM
Nautical Dawn: 05:58:26 AM
Dawn: 06:28:22 AM
Sunrise: 06:56:14 AM
Solar Noon: 01:36:54 PM
Sunset: 08:17:09 PM
Dusk: 08:44:57 PM
Dark: 09:14:47 PM
Night: 09:46:33 PM

 Daylight: 13 hrs, 25 min
-28 sec less than yesterday
Darkness: 10 hrs, 35 min
Seasonal Solar Events-Earth
Central Daylight Time (UTC -5 hrs)

Northern Hemisphere
   Vernal Equinox: 03/20/2026 09:45:50 AM
 Summer Solstice: 06/21/2026 03:24:28 AM
Autumnal Equinox: 09/22/2025 01:19:14 PM
    Winter Solstice: 12/21/2025 09:02:48 AM
Southern Hemisphere
   Vernal Equinox: 09/22/2025 01:19:14 PM
 Summer Solstice: 12/21/2025 09:02:48 AM
Autumnal Equinox: 03/20/2026 09:45:50 AM
    Winter Solstice: 06/21/2026 03:24:28 AM



Our Solar System
Saturday  August 09, 2025
  05:10 pm Central Daylight Time (UTC -5 hrs)
updated every 5½ 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 Daylight Time (UTC -5 hrs)



99.86% total mass of the entire solar system
Fuses 600 million 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

94.2227865929 million miles  from Earth
Rise 06:54:40 AM
Set 08:18:43 PM
Bearing 265.433281563°
39.2461098765° 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

64.3314052151 million miles  from Earth
35.1669004106 million miles from the Sun
Rise 06:01:37 AM
Set 07:20:42 PM
Bearing 272.994082408°
27.1361605724° 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

113.655181398 million miles from Earth
67.2064380644 million miles from the Sun
Rise 04:07:34 AM
Set 06:03:29 PM
Bearing 289.574175373°
10.1655139757° 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

94.2227865929 million miles  from the Sun
237621 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

201.222280491 million miles from Earth
149.062117129 million miles from the Sun
Rise 10:22:54 AM
Set 10:25:40 PM
Bearing 201.483080968°
57.3387345728° 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

554.838572039 million miles from Earth
479.601729957 million miles from the Sun
Rise 04:17:36 AM
Set 06:15:32 PM
Bearing 289.136169002°
12.5524149349° above the horizon




Saturn's gravity is devouring her rings
at 45 tons per second. 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

0.818512609923 billion mi  from Earth
0.888934406519 billion miles from the Sun
Rise 10:26:07 PM
Set 10:25:02 AM
Bearing 22.2027781142°
-59.2705169757° above the horizon

28° axial tilt, similar to Mars & Earth
Rotates on it's side.27 moons. No land
surface.

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

1.83388505521 billion miles  from Earth
1.81407116808 billion miles  from the Sun
Rise 01:22:51 AM
Set 03:06:11 PM
Bearing 313.124093895°
-22.8527286703° above the horizon

Furthest, darkest, coldest, and smallest
outer planet. 1,500 mph winds and
14 moons. No land surface.

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

2.71007378177 billion miles  from Earth
2.77830682059 billion miles  from the Sun
Rise 10:23:40 PM
Set 10:28:04 AM
Bearing 21.3380454294°
-58.1746131234° above the horizon



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THANK YOU


Steve
Callsign W5SDC
Storm chaser, weather station technician, and internet domain admin

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 from around the world provide 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.


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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 HTML template that was included with weeWX and have watched this entire weather website's template grow to 2,413 lines of HTML over the last eight 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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