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Thursday  October 08, 2026
Day 281 of 365
Week 40 of 52
2026 Calendar

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This Morning
since 12:05 am
   
High/Low Temp 66°F 12:05 AM
58°F 05:44 AM
Feels Temp Hi
Feels Temp Lo
 68°F 12:00 AM
60°F 05:44 AM
High/Low/Avg Humidity
 86% 05:36 AM
71% 12:01 AM
80% Average
High/Low Dew Point
 57°F 12:33 AM
54°F 05:35 AM
High/Low Pressure 30.001 in 12:14 AM
29.980 in 04:11 AM
Highest Wind Gust 5 mph 03:51 AM
Rainfall 0.00 in



This Week
since 12:05 AM Sunday

High/Low Temp 89°F Oct 07
57°F Oct 07
Feels Temp Hi
Feels Temp Lo
 93°F Oct 07
58°F Oct 07
High/Low Humidity
 99% Oct 04
38% Oct 06
High/Low Dew Point
 73°F Oct 04
54°F Oct 07
High/Low Pressure 30.155 in Oct 05
29.889 in Oct 07
Highest Wind Gust 17 mph Oct 04
Rainfall 0.03 in

 

October

High/Low Temp 89°F Oct 07
57°F Oct 07
Feels Temp Hi
Feels Temp Lo
 93°F Oct 07
58°F Oct 07
High/Low Humidity
 99% Oct 01
38% Oct 06
High/Low Dew Point
 78°F Oct 01
54°F Oct 07
High/Low Pressure 30.155 in Oct 05
29.749 in Oct 01
Highest Wind Gust 17 mph Oct 01
Rainfall 3.99 in


2026


High/Low Temp 110°F Aug 22
16°F Jan 26
Feels Temp Hi
Feels Temp Lo
 119°F Jul 22
1°F Jan 25
High/Low Humidity
 99% Jan 05
21% Jan 06
High/Low Dew Point
 85°F Jun 18
14°F Jan 17
High/Low Pressure 30.778 in Jan 26
29.551 in Mar 15
Highest Wind Gust 36 mph May 19
Rainfall
38.25 in YEAR TO DATE

107% of 35½ inch annual average

 



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Mason Creek Tornado 2000


        

Leander, Texas   USA
      Located ½ mile WNW of Bagdad Rd at Crystal Falls Pkwy
in the Mason Creek subdivision
≈25 miles NNW of Austin

ELEVATION 1037 FT
316 METERS
30.55295° N   97.86159° W

 
Conditions at
06:00 am
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⇓ 59°F 14°C

feels like 60°F 15°C
Calm
N/A
0 mph to 0 mph
0 kph to 0 kph		0.00 in
0.0 mm
total rain since midnight



Dew Point Comfort Index
IDEAL
Dew Point 54°F 12°C
Relative Humidity 86%



Last Rain Event


10/04/2026 12:10:00 PM
3 days, 17 hours, 50 minutes ago



75°F 23°C
Server Room
High 76°F Low 75°F  


Wind Distribution





     
 
 
Last 24 hrs
2 hrs
Average         2 mph
0 mph
Average Gust  3 mph
0 mph
High Gust       15 mph
2 mph
 Trends
compared to current temperature
59°F at 06:00 am

-1°F below 1 hour ago
-3°F below 3 hours ago
  0°F above 06:00 am Yesterday
-4°F below 06:00 am 48 hours ago
-8°F below 06:00 am 72 hours ago
-18°F below 06:00 am last Thursday
Rain Totals

            0.00 in  since midnight
          0.00 in  yesterday
          0.03 in  this week
          3.99 in  this month
          38.25 in this year




         




  Change
⇑ rising
0.010 in Hg last 3 hours


30.000 in Hg
1015 millibars







86%

High 86% 05:36 AM
 Low 71% 12:01 AM

4% change last 3 hrs







54°F 12°C
  IDEAL 

-1°F change last 3 hours
             
     
   


AcuRite 5-N-1®
Outdoor Sensor signal 100%
Sensor Batteries OK (Replaced 10/7/26)
Last sensor signal outage
09/30/2026 12:35:00 PM

7 days, 17 hours, 25 minutes ago

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Heavenly Bodies




Moon Phase
Northern Hemisphere



Distance 06:00 am
235669 miles from Earth
5% Full

D i r e c t i o n
⇨ E
bearing 90°
Currently 5° ⇑ above the horizon
i
Thursday  October 08, 2026
Moonrise 05:28:40 AM
Lunar Noon 11:47:33 AM
Moonset 05:58:22 PM

Next New 10/10/2026 10:49:58 AM
Next First Quarter 10/18/2026 11:12:33 AM
Next Full 10/25/2026 11:11:41 PM
Next Third Quarter 11/01/2026 02:28:18 PM

06:00 am CDT
Direction E @ 85°
92.8861173602 million miles from Earth
-20.0238299482° ⇓ below the horizon
Thursday  October 08, 2026
Astronomical Dawn 06:09:25 AM
Nautical Dawn 06:37:19 AM
Dawn 07:04:32 AM
Sunrise 07:30:35 AM
Solar Noon 01:18:54 PM
Sunset 07:06:47 PM
Dusk 07:32:49 PM
Dark 08:00:00 PM
Night 08:27:51 PM

 Daylight 11 hrs, 40 min
-11 sec less than yesterday
Darkness 12 hrs, 20 min
Future Seasonal Solar Events
Timestamps are Central Daylight Time (UTC -5 hrs)

Northern Hemisphere
   Vernal Equinox 03/20/2027 03:24:29 PM
 Summer Solstice 06/21/2027 09:10:47 AM
Autumnal Equinox 09/23/2027 01:01:29 AM
    Winter Solstice 12/21/2026 02:49:56 PM
Southern Hemisphere
   Vernal Equinox 09/23/2027 01:01:29 AM
 Summer Solstice 12/21/2026 02:49:56 PM
Autumnal Equinox 03/20/2027 03:24:29 PM
    Winter Solstice 06/21/2027 09:10:47 AM



Our Solar System
Thursday  October 08, 2026
  06:00 am Central Daylight Time (UTC -5 hrs)
updated every 5 minutes

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.- CDT



99.86% total mass of the entire solar system.
Fuses 600 million tons of hydrogen into helium
every second. The heat and light inside
its nuclear core takes thousands of years
to reach the Sun's surface. Then
roughly eight minutes to reach Earth.

Diameter 864,938 mi
Rotation Period 648 hours       Year 247.7 billion years
Average surface temp 10,000°F 5538°C
Surface Gravity Index 28.0g   28x Earths gravity

Current Position and Bearings

92.8861173602 million miles  from Earth
Rise 07:29:03 AM
Set 07:08:19 PM
Bearing 85.047746526°
-20.0238299482° above the horizon




Smallest planet. Closest to the Sun,
but not the hottest planet. Shrinking
diameter and surface wrinkling 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
Surface Gravity Index 0.378g    37.8% of Earths gravity
Current Position and Bearings

99.3011766946 million miles  from Earth
41.8049134028 million miles from the Sun
Rise 09:29:14 AM
Set 08:09:49 PM
Bearing 84.1160199308°
-44.8491394489° 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
Surface Gravity Index 0.907g   90.7% of Earths gravity
Current Position and Bearings

28.8883891103 million miles from Earth
67.5052425068 million miles from the Sun
Rise 09:24:36 AM
Set 07:42:05 PM
Bearing 91.2511087453°
-43.3868300986° above the horizon


Only planet with H2O oceans, active and
extinct life forms, and just 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)
Surface Gravity Index 1.0g
Current Position

92.8861173602 million miles  from the Sun
235669 mi  from the Moon
Oxidized ores explain its reddish tint.
Polar ice caps, a rocky core, and four
seasons like Earth. 2 moons

Diameter 4,212.3 mi
Day 24h 37m 23s       Year: 687 days
Average surface temp -85°F -65°C
Surface Gravity Index 0.377g   37.7% of Earths gravity
Current Position and Bearings

149.950939838 million miles from Earth
145.695749603 million miles from the Sun
Rise 02:05:42 AM
Set 03:49:02 PM
Bearing 94.2129861279°
48.7174990477° above the horizon
Largest planet, all gases, no land surface,
and a dilute core. Violent hydrogen & helium
atmosphere where storms last for centuries.
95 moons

Diameter 86,881 mi
Day 09h 50m 30s       Year 11.86 years
Average surface temp -166°F -110°C
Surface Gravity Index 2.36g   2.36x Earths gravity
Current Position and Bearings

541.935361803 million miles from Earth
493.536555189 million miles from the Sun
Rise 03:17:52 AM
Set 04:34:57 PM
Bearing 91.8188955408°
33.9189038334° above the horizon




Saturn's gravity is devouring her rings
at 11 tons per second. All gases, no land surface.
2nd largest planet. 146 confirmed moons.

Diameter 72,367 mi
Day 10h 14m       Year 29.46 years
Average surface temp -220°F -140°C
Surface Gravity Index 0.916g   91.6% of Earths gravity
Current Position and Bearings

0.784224996852 billion mi  from Earth
0.876794557694 billion miles from the Sun
Rise 06:58:28 PM
Set 07:14:30 AM
Bearing 262.83753647°
15.550097023° above the horizon

28° axial tilt, similar to Mars & Earth
Rotates on its side. 27 moons. No land
surface. 3rd largest planet

Diameter 31,518 mi
Day: 17h 14m       Year: 84 years
Average surface temp -320°F -196°C
Surface Gravity Index 0.889   88.9% of Earths gravity
Current Position and Bearings

1.74616985594 billion miles  from Earth
1.80705615065 billion miles  from the Sun
Rise 09:38:59 PM
Set 11:31:29 AM
Bearing 247.880023245°
69.0985786253° above the horizon

Furthest, darkest, coldest, and smallest
outer planet. 1,500 mph winds and
14 moons. No land surface. 4th largest planet.

Diameter 30,599 mi
Day 16 hrs       Year 164.8 years
Average surface temp -330°F -201°C
Surface Gravity Index 1.12g   1.12x Earths gravity
Current Position and Bearings

2.68660079517 billion miles  from Earth
2.77731766874 billion miles  from the Sun
Rise 06:30:56 PM
Set 06:37:00 AM
Bearing 265.303398685°
7.53127137605° above the horizon

The moon phase, sun, and solar system sections on this website are dedicated to the late Elwood Downey WB0OEW.
In addition to Ham Clock, he also developed the PyEphem astronomical position computing library for the Python computer language used to create this page.




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THANK YOU




Steve
Callsign W5SDC
Storm chaser, weather station technician, and linux 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 to Mason Creek, Leander, Texas, and the world.

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Thanks for stopping by.



TECHNICAL SALUTATIONS




Tom Keffer


Matt Wall
  

Gary Roderick

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, its drivers, and its extensions. 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 2,041 lines of HTML over the last eight years.



SILENT KEY
Elwood Downey
RIP since Jan 29, 2026

The astronomical position calculations used in the Heavenly Bodies section of this website were written by Mr. Downey. The last time that I heard from Elwood was in April of 2024 when we exchanged photos of the full solor eclipse on April 8th. Both his friendly attitude and his ingenious abilities will be sorely missed.



             
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