Temperature
73 F at 12 AM; 92 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 72 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 73F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 92F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 72F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Corpus Christi International 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 75° after 84° today.
Now. Corpus Christi International Airport is 75° and mostly clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the east at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 81° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 57° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 89°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 75°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 28 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:26 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 30 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Corpus Christi International Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 37, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Corpus Christi (TX), 7 miles off.
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 7,510 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | 1 mph head, on 13 | 3 mph from the left |
| 17 / 35 | 6,080 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 179° / 359° | 1 mph head, on 35 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Corpus Christi INTL (CRP), Corpus Christi International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
73 F at 12 AM; 92 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 72 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 67 F, the air 82% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 2 PM Thursday to 87% at 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
1 mph from the east northeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 5 PM Thursday, with a gust of 24 mph at 4 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.02 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,800 ft at 2 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Corpus Christi INTL: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Corpus Christi International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.7 mi away/43 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Kingsville ScanKGVT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/27.7 mi away/67 ft/23 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
KingsvilleS2206
At a soil climate station/27.9 mi away/67 ft/23 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Corpus Christi NWSCRPT2
At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/43 ft/1 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Corpus Christi 11.3 WNWTX-NU-63
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/45 ft/1 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Corpus Christi NWS (CRPT2), 0.7 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.