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Friday  April 04, 2025
Day 094 of 365
Week 13 of 52

Central Daylight Time
(UTC minus 5 hours)



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Tonight
since midnight
   
High/Low Temp 65.1°F 12:05 AM
64.6°F 12:50 AM
High/Low Humidity
 90% 01:25 AM
87% 12:00 AM
High/Low Dewpoint
 61.8°F 01:36 AM
60.9°F 12:13 AM
High/Low Pressure 29.798 in 12:13 AM
29.774 in 01:12 AM
Highest Wind Gust 10 mph 12:14 AM
Average Wind 6 mph
Rainfall 0.00 in



Week
since midnight Sunday

High/Low Temp 91.4°F Apr 03
57.9°F Apr 01
High/Low Humidity
 99% Mar 30
53% Apr 03
High/Low Dewpoint
 75.7°F Apr 02
53.6°F Apr 01
High/Low Pressure 29.984 in Mar 31
29.510 in Apr 01
Highest Wind Gust 25 mph Apr 01
Average Wind 6 mph
Rainfall 0.04 in

 

April

High/Low Temp 91.4°F Apr 03
57.9°F Apr 01
High/Low Humidity
 99% Apr 02
53% Apr 03
High/Low Dewpoint
 75.7°F Apr 02
53.6°F Apr 01
High/Low Pressure 29.940 in Apr 01
29.510 in Apr 01
Highest Wind Gust 25 mph Apr 01
Average Wind 7 mph
Rainfall 0.04 in


2025

High/Low Temp 96.6°F Mar 14
15.4°F Feb 20
High/Low Humidity
 99% Jan 03
14% Mar 14
High/Low Dewpoint
 75.7°F Apr 02
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 5.36 in

 



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Mason Creek Tornado 2000


        

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

Conditions at 01:45 am
Updated every 5 minutes
HOVER INSTRUMENTS FOR GRAPHS, ETC.

ELEV 1037 FT
30.5529° N   -97.8615° W






Light Breeze

with Light Breeze gusts















64.8°F 18°CSE
4 to 6 mph
6 to 10 kph

0.00 in
0.0 mm
since midnight
feels like 66.5°F



Compass Bearing
143°

Last FREEZE and 100° Events

32° or  less   02/22/2025 09:40:00 AM
40 days, 15 hours, 5 minutes ago
100° or more  10/13/2024 05:25:00 PM
172 days, 8 hours, 20 minutes ago

Last Rain Event

04/02/2025 10:40:00 AM
1 day, 15 hours, 5 minutes ago


76.5°F 24°C
Computer Room  
AC Filter Check DUE 6/1/25


Wind Distribution
24hr          2hr

  
        
 
       Since Midnight
Last 2 hours
Average   5 mph
5 mph
Average Gust   8 mph
8 mph
  High Gust   10 mph
10 mph
 OUTDOOR Temperature Trends
compared to current temp of
64.8°F at 01:45 am

-0.5°F below 3 hours ago

-9.9°F below 01:45 am Yesterday
-7.5°F below 01:45 am 48 hrs ago
 5.3°F above 01:45 am 72 hrs ago
 0.6°F above 01:45 am last Friday
Quick Rainfall Synopsis

            0.00 in  Since Midnight
          0.00 in  Yesterday
          0.04 in  Week
          0.04 in  Month
          5.36 in  Year




         




  Change
⇓ falling



29.778 in Hg
1008 millibars







90%

High 90% 01:25 AM
 Low 87% 12:00 AM

4% change last 3 hrs







61.8°F 16°C
  STICKY 

0.8°F change last 3 hours
             
     
   


AcuRite 5-N-1®
Outdoor Sensor signal 100%
Sensor Batteries GOOD
Last sensor signal outage
03/18/2025 05:30:00 PM

16 days, 8 hours, 15 minutes ago

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Heavenly Bodies



Moon Phase
Distance 01:45 am
233545 miles from Earth
41% Full

D i r e c t i o n
⬁ WNW
bearing 300°
Currently 4° ⇑ above the horizon
i
Friday  April 04, 2025
Moonrise 12:12:41 PM
Lunar Noon 07:43:27 PM
Moonset 02:16:28 AM

Next New 04/27/2025 02:31:03 PM
Next First Quarter 04/04/2025 09:14:34 PM
Next Full 04/12/2025 07:22:10 PM
Next Third Quarter 04/20/2025 08:35:26 PM



01:45 am CDT
Direction: N @ 4°
92.9726393363 million miles from Earth
-53.5470882437° ⇓ below the horizon
Friday  April 04, 2025
Astronomical Dawn: 05:54:38 AM
Nautical Dawn: 06:23:40 AM
Dawn: 06:51:29 AM
Sunrise: 07:17:46 AM
Solar Noon: 01:34:15 PM
Sunset: 07:51:13 PM
Dusk: 08:17:33 PM
Dark: 08:26:22 PM
Night: 09:14:33 PM

 Daylight: 12 hrs, 37 min
1 min, 49 sec more than yesterday
Darkness: 11 hrs, 23 min
Future Seasonal Solar Events
Northern Hemisphere

   Vernal Equinox: 03/20/2026 09:45:50 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  April 04, 2025   01:45 am CDT
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 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

92.9726393363 million miles  from Earth
Rise 07:16:14 AM
Set 07:52:45 PM
Bearing 4.43910685434°
-53.5470882437° 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

58.4749378753 million miles  from Earth
41.136481826 million miles from the Sun
Rise 06:26:36 AM
Set 06:26:53 PM
Bearing 34.4595098911°
-54.8547211301° 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

28.2109956164 million miles from Earth
67.0834755762 million miles from the Sun
Rise 06:01:33 AM
Set 06:24:57 PM
Bearing 35.244633306°
-48.9287533836° 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

92.9726393363 million miles  from the Sun
233545 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

108.75392421 million miles from Earth
154.796115094 million miles from the Sun
Rise 01:24:29 PM
Set 03:31:27 AM
Bearing 286.03966176°
20.7496621985° 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

512.289041069 million miles from Earth
475.383872271 million miles from the Sun
Rise 10:40:55 AM
Set 12:41:03 AM
Bearing 305.696345135°
-12.3643286007° 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

0.979395437442 billion mi  from Earth
0.892571077653 billion miles from the Sun
Rise 06:30:05 AM
Set 06:15:35 PM
Bearing 39.3844348676°
-57.1875483355° 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

1.8861824481 billion miles  from Earth
1.81611720006 billion miles  from the Sun
Rise 09:20:15 AM
Set 10:56:19 PM
Bearing 319.805111734°
-29.5223213099° 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

2.86847672634 billion miles  from Earth
2.77861567568 billion miles  from the Sun
Rise 06:41:57 AM
Set 06:40:04 PM
Bearing 29.547452991°
-57.0456614008° 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.



The Weather Zoo

MOLLIE
Patrols the station 24x7


             
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