Temperature
73 F at 3 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 72 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 73F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 72F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Ellington Airport, Texas
Medium airport in Harris 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.
73°
80°/70°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 73°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NNE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Ellington Airport until 1 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 8 degrees cooler: a high of 72° after 80° today.
Now. Ellington Airport is 73° and mostly clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the north-northeast at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 56° 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 72°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:49 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:11 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 27 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
44Air quality
88%Humidity
25%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
73feels73
14%
Today
Oct 16
8070
24%
26mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7256
21mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7354
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7857
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8262
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8563
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8663
overcast
73°
80°70°
72°56°
73°54°
78°57°
82°62°
85°63°
86°63°
As of 4:00 AM in Ellington Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Ellington Airport
Index 44, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 15 miles off.
44Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)44Good-
- Ozone27Good-
- 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 46 hours
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 55, moderate, Fri 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ellington Airport
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Last 3 days
- 0.02in
Visibility
How far you can see at Ellington Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- EFD
- ICAO
- KEFD
- IATA
- EFD
- Field elevation
- 32 ft
- Serves
- Houston
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- EFD
- Wind now
- From 170° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17L / 35R unlit | 4,609 ft | 80 ft | Concrete | 179° / 359° | 12 mph head, on 17L | 2 mph from the left |
| 17R / 35L | 9,001 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 179° / 359° | 12 mph head, on 17R | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Houston/Ellington (EFD), Ellington Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 70 F, the air 89% saturated; the humidity ran from 52% at 12 PM Thursday to 94% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 70F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 89%
- Humidity, range
- 52 to 94%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the south at 3 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 4 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 4 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.07inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- 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 2,500 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 14 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,500ft
- 5 AM 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
Houston/Ellington: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Ellington 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/33 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
San Jacinto River 4 N Lake HoustonHSJT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.2 mi away/69 ft/37 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Pasadena 3.7 SSETX-HRR-141
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/23 ft/9 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BaytownBATT2
At a cooperative observer's station/14.5 mi away/59 ft/27 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 Ellington Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Pasadenacity, 5 mi
- South Houstoncity, 5 mi
- Webstercity, 6 mi
- Deer Parkcity, 6 mi
- Nassau Baycity, 6 mi
- Taylor Lake Villagecity, 6 mi
- La Portecity, 7 mi
- Friendswoodcity, 7 mi
- El Lagocity, 7 mi
- Seabrookcity, 8 mi
- Shoreacrescity, 9 mi
- League Citycity, 9 mi
Airports near Ellington Airport
- La Porte Municipal AirportT41, 7 mi
- William P. Hobby AirportHOU, 8 mi
- Pearland Regional AirportLVJ, 8 mi
- Houston Southwest AirportAXH, 20 mi
- George Bush Intercontinental AirportIAH, 28 mi
- Scholes International At Galveston AirportGLS, 30 mi
- Sugar Land Regional AirportSGR, 30 mi
- Texas Gulf Coast Regional AirportLBX, 39 mi