Temperature
69 F at 7 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 69 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 69F
- 7 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 69F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Bay City Regional Airport, Texas
Small airport in Matagorda County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of south central and southeast Texas. * WHEN...From 7 AM Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects.
69°
81°/69°
Clear·
Feels like 69°·Light breeze 6 mph N
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Bay City Regional Airport until 1 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 72° after 81° today.
Now. Bay City Regional Airport is 69° and clear at 7 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the north at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 55° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 88°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 72°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:53 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:16 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 29 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
45Air quality
97%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
69feels69
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8169
12%
25mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7254
17mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7452
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7956
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8461
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8762
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8861
overcast
69°
81°69°
72°54°
74°52°
79°56°
84°61°
87°62°
88°61°
As of 7:00 AM in Bay City Regional Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Bay City Regional Airport
Index 45, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 62 miles off.
45Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)45Good-
- Ozone27Good9 ppb23.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 74, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 74YesterdayOct 15
- ModerateTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bay City Regional Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Bay City Regional Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BYY
- ICAO
- KBYY
- IATA
- BBC
- Field elevation
- 45 ft
- Serves
- Bay City
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BYY
- Wind now
- From 340° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 07:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 5,107 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | 4 mph head, on 31 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Bay City Regional (BYY), Bay City Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 69 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 50% at 1 PM Thursday to 98% at 7 AM.
- Dew point now
- 69F
- 7 AM
- Humidity now
- 98%
- Humidity, range
- 50 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the north northwest at 7 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 5 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 5 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 7 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 7 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 7 AM; 6 miles now.
- Now
- 6mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 7 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,900 ft at 10 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 14 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,900ft
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 14
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Bay City Regional: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Bay City Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/43 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bay City WaterworksBAYT2
At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/62 ft/17 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Cedar Lane 1.5 ENETX-MTG-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.1 mi away/25 ft/20 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Bay City Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Van Vleckcommunity, 4 mi
- Bay Citycity, 6 mi
- Wadsworthcommunity, 11 mi
- Sweenycity, 11 mi
- Markhamcommunity, 12 mi
- Wild Peach Villagecommunity, 16 mi
- West Columbiacity, 18 mi
- Sargentcommunity, 18 mi
- Brazoriacity, 19 mi
- East Columbiacommunity, 19 mi
- Matagordacommunity, 20 mi
- Bolingcommunity, 21 mi
Airports near Bay City Regional Airport
- Texas Gulf Coast Regional AirportLBX, 26 mi
- Wharton Regional AirportARM, 26 mi
- Palacios Municipal AirportPSX, 29 mi
- Houston Southwest AirportAXH, 44 mi
- Sugar Land Regional AirportSGR, 47 mi
- Eagle Lake AirportELA, 51 mi
- Pearland Regional AirportLVJ, 53 mi
- Calhoun County AirportPKV, 54 mi