Temperature
78 F at 9 PM; 89 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 67 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 78F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 89F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 67F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport, Texas
Small airport in Harris County, Texas78°
91°/66°
Clear·
Feels like 78°·Light breeze 5 mph ESE
Coming up. Tomorrow is 15 degrees cooler: a high of 76° after 91° today.
Now. David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport is 78° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 71°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 69° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 88°, and the coolest Saturday, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 28 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
46Air quality
79%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
78feels78
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9166
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
7665
13%
18mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7152
12mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7448
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7952
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8557
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8859
overcast
78°
91°66°
76°65°
71°52°
74°48°
79°52°
85°57°
88°59°
As of 10:00 PM in David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport
Index 46, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 24 miles off.
46Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)46Good-
- Ozone44Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)25Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 48, good.
GoodModerate
- 48YesterdayOct 14
- ModerateTodayOct 15
- ModerateFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. 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 David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DWH
- ICAO
- KDWH
- IATA
- DWH
- Field elevation
- 152 ft
- Serves
- Houston
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DWH
- Wind now
- From 110° at 7 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17L / 35R unlit | 3,500 ft | 35 ft | Asphalt | 173° / 353° | 3 mph head, on 17L | 6 mph from the left |
| 17R / 35L | 7,009 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 173° / 353° | 3 mph head, on 17R | 6 mph from the left |
| 17W / 35W unlit | 2,530 ft | 100 ft | Water | - | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Houston/D.W. Hooks (DWH), David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 71 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 45% at 4 PM to 100% at 5 AM.
- Dew point now
- 71F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 79%
- Humidity, range
- 45 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the east southeast at 10 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 7 PM, with a gust of 20 mph at 6 PM.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the east southeast
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 7 PM
- Highest gust
- 20mph
- 6 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.02 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.02inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 6 AM, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 6 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 2
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 7 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 7
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
Houston/D.W. Hooks: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.5 mi away/151 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
ConroeCKNT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.8 mi away/187 ft/35 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Prairie View #1S2016
At a soil climate station/25.8 mi away/270 ft/118 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Spring 8.4 WTX-HRR-247
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/141 ft/11 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Site 1CNRT2
At a cooperative observer's station/19.2 mi away/253 ft/101 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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 David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Tomballcity, 5 mi
- The Woodlandscommunity, 8 mi
- Oak Ridge Northcity, 9 mi
- Springcommunity, 10 mi
- Shenandoahcity, 10 mi
- Stagecoachtown, 11 mi
- Jersey Villagecity, 12 mi
- Pinehurstcommunity, 12 mi
- Woodlochtown, 14 mi
- Aldinecommunity, 15 mi
- Porter Heightscommunity, 15 mi
- Magnoliacity, 15 mi
Airports near David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport
- George Bush Intercontinental AirportIAH, 14 mi
- Conroe-North Houston Regional AirportCXO, 22 mi
- Houston Executive AirportTME, 27 mi
- Sugar Land Regional AirportSGR, 31 mi
- William P. Hobby AirportHOU, 33 mi
- Cleveland Municipal Airport6R3, 38 mi
- Houston Southwest AirportAXH, 39 mi
- Ellington AirportEFD, 39 mi