Temperature
74 F at 12 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 74 F at its coolest, 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 74F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 74F
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo, Texas
Small airport in Medina County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 40 to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...All of South Central Texas. * WHEN...From 4 AM to 7 PM CDT Friday. * 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.
74°
72°/63°
Overcast·
Feels like 74°·Light breeze 5 mph NE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo is 74° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the northeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 63° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° 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 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 90°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 70°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:29 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
37Air quality
69%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
74feels74
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
7263
30%
29mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
7050
20mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7447
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7852
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8557
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8962
11%
Thu
Oct 22
9063
14%
74°
72°63°
70°50°
74°47°
78°52°
85°57°
89°62°
90°63°
As of 1:00 AM in South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo, Texas.
Air quality
The air at South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo
Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, San Antonio (TX), 42 miles off.
37Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good-
- Ozone33Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HDO
- ICAO
- KHDO
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 930 ft
- Serves
- Hondo
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- HDO
- Wind now
- From 20° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:51
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 unlit | 5,400 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 45° / 225° | 5 mph head, on 04 | 3 mph from the left |
| 08 / 26 unlit | 3,451 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 90° / 270° | 2 mph head, on 08 | 6 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 unlit | 5,545 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 135° / 315° | 3 mph head, on 31 | 5 mph from the right |
| 17L / 35R | 6,002 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 6 mph head, on 35R | 2 mph from the right |
| 17R / 35L unlit | 3,224 ft | 140 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 6 mph head, on 35L | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Hondo Municipal (HDO), South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 69% saturated; the humidity ran from 34% at 5 PM Thursday to 85% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 69%
- Humidity, range
- 34 to 85%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the north northeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 17 mph, 2 AM Thursday, with a gust of 28 mph at 2 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 2 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 28mph
- 2 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.09 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.13 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.09inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.13inHg
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 1,500 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,500ft
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 17
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
Hondo Municipal: 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 South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/928 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Pearsall RAWSPSAT2
A remote fire weather station/33.0 mi away/596 ft/334 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
UvaldeS2204
At a soil climate station/36.2 mi away/915 ft/15 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Hondo 3.1 WTX-MDN-65
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/987 ft/57 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SabinalSBAT2
At a cooperative observer's station/18.7 mi away/1,035 ft/105 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 South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo
- Castroville Municipal AirportCVB, 20 mi
- Garner FieldUVA, 36 mi
- Lackland Air Force BaseSKF, 36 mi
- Boerne Stage Field5C1, 38 mi
- Stinson Municipal AirportSSF, 43 mi
- Kerrville / Kerr County Airport at Louis Schreiner FieldERV, 43 mi
- San Antonio International AirportSAT, 44 mi
- Pleasanton Municipal AirportPEZ, 49 mi