Temperature
78 F at 9 PM; 89 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 73 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 78F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 89F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 73F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
William P. Hobby Airport, Texas
Large airport in Harris County, Texas79°
90°/72°
Clear·
Feels like 79°·Light breeze 6 mph ESE
Coming up. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 80° after 90° today.
Now. William P. Hobby Airport is 79° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 73° 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 87°, and the coolest Saturday, near 71°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph.
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 29 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
46Air quality
76%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
79feels79
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9072
16%
13mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
8071
17%
24mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7157
18mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7455
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7859
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8464
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8765
overcast
79°
90°72°
80°71°
71°57°
74°55°
78°59°
84°64°
87°65°
As of 10:00 PM in William P. Hobby Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at William P. Hobby Airport
Index 46, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 8 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 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at William P. Hobby 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 William P. Hobby Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HOU
- ICAO
- KHOU
- IATA
- HOU
- Field elevation
- 46 ft
- Serves
- Houston
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- HOU
- Wind now
- From 120° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 7,602 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 44° / 224° | 1 mph head, on 04 | 5 mph from the right |
| 13L / 31R | 5,148 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 134° / 314° | 5 mph head, on 13L | 1 mph from the left |
| 13R / 31L | 7,602 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | 5 mph head, on 13R | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Houston/Will Hobby (HOU), William P. Hobby 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 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 1 PM to 87% at 3 AM.
- Dew point now
- 70F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 76%
- Humidity, range
- 48 to 87%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the east southeast at 9 PM; at its strongest 14 mph, 5 PM, with a gust of 24 mph at 5 PM.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the east southeast
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 5 PM
- Highest gust
- 24mph
- 5 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.01 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.01inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
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 2,200 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,200ft
- 1 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 19
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/Will Hobby: 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 William P. Hobby Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.6 mi away/46 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
San Jacinto River 4 N Lake HoustonHSJT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.2 mi away/69 ft/23 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Houston 9.4 SETX-HRR-327
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/43 ft/3 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WestburyHWET2
At a cooperative observer's station/12.1 mi away/82 ft/36 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 William P. Hobby Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- South Houstoncity, 3 mi
- Brookside Villagecity, 4 mi
- Pasadenacity, 6 mi
- Pearlandcity, 7 mi
- Galena Parkcity, 7 mi
- Jacinto Citycity, 9 mi
- Houstoncity, 10 mi
- Deer Parkcity, 10 mi
- Friendswoodcity, 10 mi
- Southside Placecity, 11 mi
- West University Placecity, 11 mi
- Cloverleafcommunity, 12 mi
Airports near William P. Hobby Airport
- Ellington AirportEFD, 8 mi
- Pearland Regional AirportLVJ, 9 mi
- La Porte Municipal AirportT41, 13 mi
- Houston Southwest AirportAXH, 15 mi
- Sugar Land Regional AirportSGR, 23 mi
- George Bush Intercontinental AirportIAH, 24 mi
- David Wayne Hooks Memorial AirportDWH, 33 mi
- Scholes International At Galveston AirportGLS, 36 mi