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Thursday  October 01, 2026
Day 274 of 365
Week 39 of 52
2026 Calendar

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This Morning
since 12:05 am
   
High/Low Temp 80°F 12:00 AM
77°F 05:00 AM
Feels Temp Hi
Feels Temp Lo
90°F 12:07 AM
79°F 05:00 AM
High/Low/Avg Humidity
99% 04:52 AM
88% 12:00 AM
92% Average
High/Low Dew Point
76°F 02:40 AM
76°F 02:20 AM
High/Low Pressure 29.783 in 12:35 AM
29.749 in 05:24 AM
Highest Wind Gust 17 mph 12:42 AM
Rainfall 0.01 in



This Week
since 12:05 AM Sunday

High/Low Temp 102°F Sep 27
72°F Sep 27
Feels Temp Hi
Feels Temp Lo
110°F Sep 27
75°F Sep 27
High/Low Humidity
99% Sep 27
43% Sep 27
High/Low Dew Point
78°F Sep 30
63°F Sep 27
High/Low Pressure 29.970 in Sep 27
29.687 in Sep 30
Highest Wind Gust 23 mph Sep 27
Rainfall 0.10 in

 

October

High/Low Temp 80°F Oct 01
77°F Oct 01
Feels Temp Hi
Feels Temp Lo
90°F Oct 01
79°F Oct 01
High/Low Humidity
99% Oct 01
88% Oct 01
High/Low Dew Point
76°F Oct 01
76°F Oct 01
High/Low Pressure 29.783 in Oct 01
29.749 in Oct 01
Highest Wind Gust 17 mph Oct 01
Rainfall 0.01 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
34.27 in YEAR TO DATE

96% of 35½ inch annual average

1.23 inches still needed before January 1st to match the South Central Texas area 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
05:30 am
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⇔ 77°F 24°C

feels like 83°F 28°C
SSE
164°
8 mph to 13 mph
13 kph to 20 kph
0.01 in
0.254 mm
total rain since midnight



Dew Point Comfort Index
MISERABLE
Dew Point 76°F 24°C
Relative Humidity 99%



Last Rain Event


10/01/2026 04:40:00 AM
0 days, 0 hours, 50 minutes ago



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


Wind Distribution





     
 
 
Last 24 hrs
2 hrs
Average         7 mph
8 mph
Average Gust  11 mph
13 mph
High Gust       19 mph
17 mph
 Trends
compared to current temperature
77°F at 05:30 am


-1°F below 1 hour ago
-2°F below 3 hours ago
  0°F above 05:30 am Yesterday
  1°F above 05:30 am 48 hours ago
 3°F above 05:30 am 72 hours ago
 3°F above 05:30 am last Thursday
Rain Totals

            0.01 in  since midnight
          0.01 in  yesterday
          0.10 in  this week
          0.01 in  this month
          34.27 in this year




         




  Rain
⇓ falling
-0.015 in Hg last 3 hours


29.749 in Hg
1007 millibars







99%

High 99% 04:52 AM
 Low 88% 12:00 AM

8% change last 3 hrs







76°F 24°C
  MISERABLE 

0°F change last 3 hours
             
     
   


AcuRite 5-N-1®
Outdoor Sensor signal
100%
Sensor Batteries LOW
Last sensor signal outage
09/30/2026 12:35:00 PM

0 days, 16 hours, 55 minutes ago


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Heavenly Bodies




Moon Phase
Northern Hemisphere



Distance 05:30 am
225580 miles from Earth
74% Full

D i r e c t i o n
⬃ SSW
bearing 207°
Currently 85° ⇑ above the horizon
i
Thursday  October 01, 2026
Moonrise 10:52:46 PM
Lunar Noon 05:21:11 AM
Moonset 12:50:41 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 10/03/2026 08:24:55 AM

05:30 am CDT
Direction ENE @ 78°
93.0693781749 million miles from Earth
-25.4567656122° ⇓ below the horizon

Thursday  October 01, 2026
Astronomical Dawn 06:05:08 AM
Nautical Dawn 06:33:08 AM
Dawn 07:00:22 AM
Sunrise 07:26:25 AM
Solar Noon 01:21:00 PM
Sunset 07:15:09 PM
Dusk 07:41:10 PM
Dark 08:08:22 PM
Night 08:36:19 PM

 Daylight 11 hrs, 52 min
-10 sec less than yesterday
Darkness 12 hrs, 8 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 01, 2026
  05:30 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

93.0693781749 million miles  from Earth
Rise 07:24:54 AM
Set 07:16:40 PM
Bearing 78.0291602481°
-25.4567656122° 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

108.760462115 million miles  from Earth
43.1677702714 million miles from the Sun
Rise 09:15:14 AM
Set 08:14:05 PM
Bearing 75.2971050707°
-48.4107791577° 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

32.0935307799 million miles from Earth
67.5716631939 million miles from the Sun
Rise 09:54:12 AM
Set 08:12:58 PM
Bearing 82.356795427°
-56.2015114911° 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

93.0693781749 million miles  from the Sun
225580 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

154.538787567 million miles from Earth
144.900119751 million miles from the Sun
Rise 02:14:18 AM
Set 04:02:04 PM
Bearing 87.7848560434°
40.2670284971° above the horizon

Largest planet, all gases, no land surface,
and a dilute core. Violent hydrogen & helium
atmosphere. 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

549.903805315 million miles from Earth
493.3251703 million miles from the Sun
Rise 03:39:47 AM
Set 04:58:33 PM
Bearing 84.8806391178°
22.7274459255° above the horizon




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


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

0.78415186096 billion mi  from Earth
0.876993221371 billion miles from the Sun
Rise 07:27:37 PM
Set 07:44:26 AM
Bearing 254.394739637°
28.2327218305° 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

1.7551165474 billion miles  from Earth
1.80717440917 billion miles  from the Sun
Rise 10:07:09 PM
Set 11:59:32 AM
Bearing 211.808551144°
79.0158766964° 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

2.6846951841 billion miles  from Earth
2.77733327106 billion miles  from the Sun
Rise 06:59:05 PM
Set 07:05:17 AM
Bearing 257.461931707°
19.9202791577° 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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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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