Weather for Geeks

Station telemetry, instrumentation, historical data and assorted atmospheric geekery

Station data updated: 01:45 PM · October 08, 2026

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Atmospheric Parameters

Measurements and derived atmospheric values

Dew Point

52.6°F

Heat Index

82.3°F

Barometric Pressure

29.940 inHg

3-hour change -0.067 inHg

Wind

Current and short-term wind behavior

Current Wind

4 mph

NNE (17°)

Current Gust

16 mph

ENE

10-Minute Average

7 mph

Average wind speed · last 10 minutes

10-Minute Peak

17 mph

Peak gust · last 10 minutes

Rainfall

Because every hundredth of an inch matters in the Hill Country

Today

0.00 in

Yesterday

0.00 in

Month

2.25 in

Year

26.95 in

Solar & UV

Solar radiation and ultraviolet observations

Solar Radiation

854 W/m²

Intense

Weak Moderate Strong Very Strong Intense

Current solar irradiance level

UV Index

6.7

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Low Moderate High Very High Extreme

Sun exposure risk level

THSW Index

88.8°F

Calculated locally

Sun/wind impact on temperature: +4.9°F

Sun & Moon Almanac

Solar and lunar events calculated for the Harper weather station

Sun

Start Civil Twilight 07:10:22 AM

Sunrise 07:34:55 AM

Solar Noon 01:24:47 PM

Sunset 07:14:12 PM

End Civil Twilight 07:38:44 PM

Azimuth 188.4°

Altitude 53.3°

Declination -6.1°

Next Equinox 03/20/2027 03:24:32 PM

Next Solstice 12/21/2026 02:49:59 PM

Moon

Moonrise 05:35:02 AM

Transit 11:53:36 AM

Moonset 06:04:13 PM

Azimuth 226.4°

Altitude 50.6°

Declination 0.6°

Phase Waning crescent

Illumination 4% full

Next New Moon 10/10/2026 10:50:01 AM

Next Full Moon 10/25/2026 11:11:44 PM

Historical Weather

Harper station history, trends and climatological summaries

Temperature History

Harper temperature and dew point history

Rainfall History

Wind History

Pressure History

Monthly Climatological Summaries

Daily temperature, rainfall, wind and degree-day observations

Reports are generated from the Harper WeeWX archive. The current month's report is updated as new observations are added to the database.

Current Year

YTD High

101.5°F

Aug 27, 2026

YTD Low

11.6°F

Jan 25, 2026

YTD Rain

26.95 in

Through Oct 08

Highest Wind

40 mph

Feb 14, 2026

Climatological Report Archive

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Earlier Years

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Station & Instrumentation

The hardware behind the numbers

Weather Receiver

WeatherLink Live

Local network acquisition

Network Switch Temperature: 78.9°F

Network Switch Humidity: 32%

Wind

Davis Vantage Pro2

Transmitter 1

Battery: OK

Temperature / Humidity / Rain

Davis Vantage Pro2

Transmitter 2

Battery: OK

Weather Software

WeeWX 5.5.2

Harper weather server
Custom design by John Canfield
Coding assistance by ChatGPT

Weather Oddities & Geek Calculations

Interesting numbers that nobody actually needs — which is precisely why they belong here

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