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Thursday  March 19, 2026
Day 078 of 365
Week 11 of 52
2026 Calendar

Central Daylight Time (UTC -5 hrs)

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This Morning
   
High/Low Temp 61.0°F 12:00 AM
56.5°F 02:52 AM
High/Low/Avg Humidity
 82% 02:52 AM
70% 12:00 AM
76% Average
High/Low Dew Point
 51.5°F 12:29 AM
50.5°F 01:53 AM
High/Low Pressure 30.217 in 01:27 AM
30.196 in 12:00 AM
Highest Wind Gust 11 mph 12:48 AM
Rainfall 0.00 in



Week
Since 12:00 AM Sunday

High/Low Temp 96.3°F Mar 15
30.4°F Mar 17
High/Low Humidity
 91% Mar 15
21% Mar 15
High/Low Dew Point
 69.0°F Mar 15
15.5°F Mar 16
High/Low Pressure 30.439 in Mar 17
29.551 in Mar 15
Highest Wind Gust 34 mph Mar 15
Rainfall 0.00 in

 

March

High/Low Temp 96.3°F Mar 15
30.4°F Mar 17
High/Low Humidity
 99% Mar 07
21% Mar 15
High/Low Dew Point
 75.3°F Mar 10
15.5°F Mar 16
High/Low Pressure 30.496 in Mar 12
29.551 in Mar 15
Highest Wind Gust 34 mph Mar 15
Rainfall 0.76 in


2026


High/Low Temp 96.3°F Mar 15
16.2°F Jan 26
Heat Index High
Wind Chill Low
 96.0°F Mar 15
0.9°F Jan 25
High/Low Humidity
 99% Jan 05
21% Jan 06
High/Low Dew Point
 75.3°F Mar 10
13.6°F Jan 17
High/Low Pressure 30.778 in Jan 26
29.551 in Mar 15
Highest Wind Gust 34 mph Mar 15
Rainfall
3.78 in
10% of 36 inch Leander yearly average

32.22 inches still needed before Jan 1st next year to match annual average

 



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Mason Creek Tornado 2000


        

Leander, Texas   USA
      Located ½ mile WNW of Bagdad Rd at Crystal Falls Pkwy
Approx 25 miles NW of Austin

ELEVATION 1037 FT
316 METERS
30.55295° N   97.86159° W

 
Conditions at
02:55 am
Updated every 5 minutes

Temperature Graphs and Comfort Index




Light Breeze


gusting to Light Wind















56.6°F 13°C

feels like 53.4°F
⇓ FALLING at -1.2°F per hour

HIGH 61.0°F    LOW 56.5°F 		SSW
208°
6 mph to 10 mph
10 kph to 15 kph		0.00 in
0.0 mm
total rain since midnight



Dew Point Comfort Index
IDEAL
Dew Point 51.0°F 10°C
Relative Humidity 82%



Last Rain Event


03/11/2026 06:00:00 AM
7 days, 20 hours, 55 minutes ago



74.5°F 23°C
Server Room
High 76.6°F Low 74.4°F  


Wind Distribution


     
 
 
Last 24 hrs
2 hrs
Average         7 mph
7 mph
Average Gust  10 mph
9 mph
High Gust       18 mph
11 mph
 Outdoor Temperature Trends
compared to current temp of
56.6°F at 02:55 am

-1.2°F below 1 hour ago
-4.6°F below 3 hours ago
  8.8°F above 02:55 am Yesterday
  24.5°F above 02:55 am 2 days ago
 10.5°F above 02:55 am 3 days ago
 5.1°F above 02:55 am last Thursday
Rain Event Totals

            0.00 in  Since Midnight
          0.00 in  Yesterday
          0.00 in  Week
          0.76 in  March
          3.78 in This Year




         




  Change
⇑ rising
0.024 in Hg last 3 hours


30.210 in Hg
1023 millibars







82%

High 82% 02:52 AM
 Low 70% 12:00 AM

13% change last 3 hrs







51.0°F 10°C
  IDEAL 

0.1°F change last 3 hours
             
     
   


AcuRite 5-N-1®
Outdoor Sensor signal 100%
Sensor Batteries OK
Last sensor signal outage
03/12/2026 01:35:00 AM

7 days, 1 hour, 20 minutes ago

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Heavenly Bodies



Moon Phase
Northern Hemisphere



Distance 02:55 am
234545 miles from Earth
0% Full

D i r e c t i o n
⬀ NNE
bearing 28°
Currently -53° ⇓ below the horizon
i
Thursday  March 19, 2026
Moonrise 07:48:47 AM
Lunar Noon 02:10:32 PM
Moonset 08:41:12 PM

Next New 04/17/2026 06:51:41 AM
Next First Quarter 03/25/2026 02:17:35 PM
Next Full 04/01/2026 09:11:51 PM
Next Third Quarter 04/09/2026 11:51:30 PM

02:55 am CDT
Direction NE @ 34°
92.5465341176 million miles from Earth
-54.9857992905° ⇓ below the horizon
Thursday  March 19, 2026
Astronomical Dawn 06:16:13 AM
Nautical Dawn 06:44:23 AM
Dawn 07:11:38 AM
Sunrise 07:37:33 AM
Solar Noon 01:39:05 PM
Sunset 07:41:06 PM
Dusk 08:07:03 PM
Dark 08:34:21 PM
Night 09:02:34 PM

 Daylight 12 hrs, 7 min
1 min, 51 sec more than yesterday
Darkness 11 hrs, 53 min
Seasonal Solar Events-Earth
Timestamps are Central Daylight Time (UTC -5 hrs)

Northern Hemisphere
   Vernal Equinox 03/20/2026 09:45:50 AM
 Summer Solstice 06/21/2026 03:24:28 AM
Autumnal Equinox 09/22/2026 07:05:06 PM
    Winter Solstice 12/21/2026 02:49:56 PM
Southern Hemisphere
   Vernal Equinox 09/22/2026 07:05:06 PM
 Summer Solstice 12/21/2026 02:49:56 PM
Autumnal Equinox 03/20/2026 09:45:50 AM
    Winter Solstice 06/21/2026 03:24:28 AM



Our Solar System
Thursday  March 19, 2026
  02:55 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.
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

92.5465341176 million miles  from Earth
Rise 07:36:01 AM
Set 07:42:38 PM
Bearing 34.4540320794°
-54.9857992905° 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

62.570292943 million miles  from Earth
40.1092328211 million miles from the Sun
Rise 06:36:25 AM
Set 06:05:38 PM
Bearing 64.5656416203°
-47.3636360258° 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

149.719453659 million miles from Earth
67.2488679628 million miles from the Sun
Rise 08:28:33 AM
Set 09:01:12 PM
Bearing 4.53945898183°
-53.9079886093° 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

92.5465341176 million miles  from the Sun
234545 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

215.15021322 million miles from Earth
128.428664765 million miles from the Sun
Rise 06:58:41 AM
Set 06:27:58 PM
Bearing 60.0962868464°
-51.658243825° 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

452.680142274 million miles from Earth
487.069392072 million miles from the Sun
Rise 01:47:28 PM
Set 03:50:45 AM
Bearing 290.575317181°
10.5095446278° 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

0.974633803319 billion mi  from Earth
0.882585501923 billion miles from the Sun
Rise 07:59:18 AM
Set 08:01:13 PM
Bearing 25.1678503178°
-57.287470588° 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

1.85561288646 billion miles  from Earth
1.81044894683 billion miles  from the Sun
Rise 10:35:29 AM
Set 12:19:56 AM
Bearing 318.721351958°
-27.7937011763° 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

2.87017028764 billion miles  from Earth
2.77777988757 billion miles  from the Sun
Rise 07:50:06 AM
Set 07:51:06 PM
Bearing 29.2758675941°
-56.4775501713° 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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Callsign W5SDC
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.

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.

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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, 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 1.972 lines of HTML over the last eight years.



Elwood Downey
RIP 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. He will be sorely missed.



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