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Friday  July 18, 2025
Day 199 of 365
Week 28 of 52

Central Daylight Time
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Today
since midnight
   
High/Low Temp 95.9°F 01:10 PM
72.7°F 06:47 AM
High/Low Humidity
 99% 07:00 AM
49% 01:03 PM
High/Low Dew Point
 77.1°F 09:40 AM
71.1°F 02:27 PM
High/Low Pressure 30.055 in 08:59 AM
29.964 in 04:49 PM
Highest Wind Gust 13 mph 04:53 PM
Average Wind 5 mph
Rainfall 0.00 in



Week
since midnight Sunday

High/Low Temp 96.8°F Jul 14
69.4°F Jul 13
High/Low Humidity
 99% Jul 13
42% Jul 17
High/Low Dew Point
 80.0°F Jul 15
68.2°F Jul 17
High/Low Pressure 30.098 in Jul 13
29.847 in Jul 16
Highest Wind Gust 19 mph Jul 13
Average Wind 5 mph
Rainfall 1.21 in

 

July

High/Low Temp 96.8°F Jul 14
69.4°F Jul 13
High/Low Humidity
 99% Jul 02
42% Jul 17
High/Low Dew Point
 81.1°F Jul 03
68.2°F Jul 17
High/Low Pressure 30.142 in Jul 09
29.847 in Jul 16
Highest Wind Gust 26 mph Jul 02
Average Wind 5 mph
Rainfall 10.91 in


2025

High/Low Temp 99.9°F May 13
15.4°F Feb 20
Last 100°/Freeze 10/13/2024 05:25:00 PM
02/22/2025 09:40:00 AM
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
Average Wind 6 mph
Rainfall 28.00 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
30.55295° N   -97.86159° W

 
05:30 pm
Conditions updated every 5 minutes
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Light Breeze


with Light Wind gusts















93.3°F 34°C

⇓ FALLING at -1.7°F per hour
S
178°
5 mph
gusting to 8 mph
8 kph gusting to 13 kph		0.00 in
0.0 mm
total rain since midnight
feels like 100.6°F 38°C

legacy heat index 104.4°F
(No adjustment for cooling effects of wind)

feels like 113°F in direct sun


Dew Point Comfort Index
OPPRESSIVE
Dew Point 74.5°F 23°C
Current Humidity 55%


   Closed vehicles in direct sun  
can reach up to 133°F inside
in just one hour

Last Rain Event


07/13/2025 02:00:00 PM
5 days, 3 hours, 30 minutes ago


74.2°F 23°C
Server Room
High 76.5°F Low 72.6°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
6 mph
Average Gust   7 mph
8 mph
  High Gust   13 mph
13 mph
 Outdoor Temp Trends
compared to current temp of
93.3°F at 05:30 pm

-1.7°F below 1 hour ago

  1.5°F above 3 hours ago
-1.4°F below 05:30 pm Yesterday
-0.2°F below 05:30 pm 2 days ago
 0.6°F above 05:30 pm 3 days ago
 6.2°F above 05:30 pm last Friday
Quick Rainfall Synopsis

            0.00 in  Since Midnight
          0.00 in  Yesterday
          1.21 in  Week
          10.91 in  Month
          28.00 in  Year to Date




         




  Change
⇓ falling
-0.034 in Hg last 3 hours


29.971 in Hg
1014 millibars







55%

High 99% 07:00 AM
 Low 49% 01:03 PM

3% change last 3 hrs







74.5°F 23°C
  OPPRESSIVE 

3.1°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

6 days, 5 hours, 30 minutes ago

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Heavenly Bodies



Moon Phase
Distance 05:30 pm
231266 miles from Earth
40% Full

D i r e c t i o n
⬁ NW
bearing 317°
Currently -29° ⇓ below the horizon
i
Friday  July 18, 2025
Moonrise 12:55:10 AM
Lunar Noon 07:42:31 AM
Moonset 02:38:59 PM

Next New 07/24/2025 02:11:04 PM
Next First Quarter 08/01/2025 07:41:12 AM
Next Full 08/09/2025 02:54:56 AM
Next Third Quarter 08/16/2025 12:12:07 AM



05:30 pm CDT
Direction: W @ 273°
94.4599795872 million miles from Earth
37.3657758735° ⇑ above the horizon
Friday  July 18, 2025
Astronomical Dawn: 05:07:21 AM
Nautical Dawn: 05:41:52 AM
Dawn: 06:13:39 AM
Sunrise: 06:42:52 AM
Solar Noon: 01:37:45 PM
Sunset: 08:32:20 PM
Dusk: 09:01:29 PM
Dark: 09:11:26 PM
Night: 10:07:36 PM

 Daylight: 13 hrs, 53 min
-59 sec less than yesterday
Darkness: 10 hrs, 7 min
Future Seasonal Solar Events
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



Our Solar System
Friday  July 18, 2025   05:30 pm CDT   (UTC -5hrs)
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 Daylight Time



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

94.4599795872 million miles  from Earth
Rise 06:41:13 AM
Set 08:33:58 PM
Bearing 273.975853799°
37.3657758735° 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

59.3854021586 million miles  from Earth
43.1301662337 million miles from the Sun
Rise 08:19:13 AM
Set 09:24:26 PM
Bearing 253.135744528°
49.5105010858° 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

99.5638231954 million miles from Earth
67.4743204302 million miles from the Sun
Rise 03:49:23 AM
Set 05:37:34 PM
Bearing 293.499457768°
1.29870689638° 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

94.4599795872 million miles  from the Sun
231266 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

189.866803023 million miles from Earth
150.996428491 million miles from the Sun
Rise 10:47:08 AM
Set 11:16:24 PM
Bearing 196.081480504°
63.9245737252° 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

568.004450938 million miles from Earth
478.863633673 million miles from the Sun
Rise 05:22:36 AM
Set 07:22:45 PM
Bearing 284.490192366°
22.2095912279° 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

0.846062678702 billion mi  from Earth
0.88956293194 billion miles from the Sun
Rise 11:53:54 PM
Set 11:54:21 AM
Bearing 347.738427099°
-60.2570763296° 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

1.86547461875 billion miles  from Earth
1.81442576634 billion miles  from the Sun
Rise 02:46:53 AM
Set 04:29:33 PM
Bearing 302.207757714°
-12.047717743° 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

2.73798545213 billion miles  from Earth
2.77835983303 billion miles  from the Sun
Rise 11:50:50 PM
Set 11:55:54 AM
Bearing 348.457809943°
-59.3220917342° 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 template that was included and have watched this entire weather website's template grow to 1,841 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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