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| High/Low Temp |
66°F 10:37 AM 55°F 07:30 AM |
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High/Low/Avg Humidity |
99% 05:35 AM 60% 10:39 AM 87% Average |
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High/Low Dew Point |
58°F 09:08 AM 49°F 12:34 PM |
| High/Low Pressure |
30.035 in 12:56 PM 29.868 in 12:24 AM |
| Highest Wind Gust | 21 mph 12:55 PM |
| Rainfall | 0.00 in |
| High/Low Temp |
66°F Dec 07 55°F Dec 07 |
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High/Low Humidity |
99% Dec 07 60% Dec 07 |
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High/Low Dew Point |
58°F Dec 07 49°F Dec 07 |
| High/Low Pressure |
30.035 in Dec 07 29.868 in Dec 07 |
| Highest Wind Gust | 21 mph Dec 07 |
| Rainfall | 0.00 in |
| High/Low Temp |
77°F Dec 06 32°F Dec 02 |
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High/Low Humidity |
99% Dec 03 39% Dec 06 |
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High/Low Dew Point |
58°F Dec 07 30°F Dec 02 |
| High/Low Pressure |
30.297 in Dec 01 29.784 in Dec 06 |
| Highest Wind Gust | 24 mph Dec 04 |
| Rainfall | 0.05 in |
| High/Low Temp |
105°F Aug 01 15°F Feb 20 |
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Heat Index High Wind Chill Low |
123°F Aug 29
-1°F Feb 19 |
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High/Low Humidity |
99% Jan 03 14% Mar 14 |
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High/Low Dew Point |
81°F Jul 03 8°F Jan 20 |
| High/Low Pressure |
30.814 in Jan 21 29.402 in Mar 14 |
| Highest Wind Gust | 36 mph Mar 04 |
| Rainfall |
35.59 in 98% of 36 inch annual Leander avg rainfall 0.41 inches still needed before Jan 1st to match annual average |
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W5SDC-WX in Mason Creek |
| 30.55295° N 97.86159° W |
Temperature Graphs and Comfort Index ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Strong Wind gusts ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 58°F 14°C | feels like 50°F ⇓ FALLING at -4°F per hour NW | 311° 14 mph to 21 mph 22 kph to 33 kph 0.00 in |
0.0 mm total rain since midnight
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![]() ![]() 79°F 26°C Server Room High 79°F Low 72°F ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
Outdoor Temperature Trendscompared to current temp of 58°F at 01:00 pm -4°F below 1 hour ago -7°F below 3 hours ago -14°F below 01:00 pm Yesterday 6°F above 01:00 pm 2 days ago 12°F above 01:00 pm 3 days ago 9°F above 01:00 pm last Sunday Rain Event Totals0.00 in Since Midnight 0.00 in Yesterday 0.00 in Week 0.05 in December   35.59 in This Year ![]() Change ⇑ rising 0.076 in Hg last 3 hours ![]() ![]() 30.035 in Hg 1017 millibars ![]() ![]() High 99% 05:35 AM Low 60% 10:39 AM 8% change last 3 hrs ![]() ![]() 49°F 9°C
-4°F change last 3 hours |
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91.5711838928 million miles from Earth 36.0417812689° ⇑ above the horizon |
-37 sec less than yesterday |
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![]() 99.86% total mass of the entire solar system. Converts 600 million tons of hydrogen per second into heat and light from nuclear fusion inside it's core. Medium size star. 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 91.5711838928 million miles from Earth Rise 07:15:28 AM Set 05:30:36 PM Bearing 190.531924483° 36.0417812689° 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 Current Position and Bearings 93.7359785841 million miles from Earth 33.4074309258 million miles from the Sun Rise 05:36:37 AM Set 04:20:02 PM Bearing 215.880655285° 34.3564799026° 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 157.235651411 million miles from Earth 67.3693870474 million miles from the Sun Rise 06:42:27 AM Set 05:02:21 PM Bearing 199.409175988° 35.6870690548° above the horizon | ![]() Only planet with H2O oceans, active 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) Current Position 91.5711838928 million miles from the Sun 229879 mi from the Moon |
![]() Oxidized ores explain it's 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 Current Position and Bearings 225.236140258 million miles from Earth 135.333324569 million miles from the Sun Rise 07:57:41 AM Set 06:01:14 PM Bearing 180.140898151° 35.4330679799° 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 408.28701061 million miles from Earth 483.657225964 million miles from the Sun Rise 08:10:07 PM Set 10:05:14 AM Bearing 325.442695233° -29.562438426° above the horizon |
![]() Saturn's strong gravity is devouring her rings at 45 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 Current Position and Bearings 0.866074786261 billion mi from Earth 0.885498349353 billion miles from the Sun Rise 01:17:22 PM Set 01:05:29 AM Bearing 92.1543671121° -2.82156331241° above the horizon |
![]() 28° axial tilt, similar to Mars & Earth Rotates on it's 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 Current Position and Bearings 1.72442500397 billion miles from Earth 1.81212087763 billion miles from the Sun Rise 04:18:26 PM Set 06:03:26 AM Bearing 31.1595244842° -33.2968136189° 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 Current Position and Bearings 2.75531041405 billion miles from Earth 2.7780192414 billion miles from the Sun Rise 01:24:54 PM Set 01:25:06 AM Bearing 88.2140036592° -5.75388924126° above the horizon |







| Steve Storm chaser, weather station technician, and internet domain linux 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. ®Available 24x7 on 162.400 Mhz covering the south central Texas area For alert tone capable weather radios, a test is conducted every Wednesday ® ![]() 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, it's drivers, and it's 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 1.953 lines of HTML over the last eight years. ![]() 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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