Temperature
77 F at 8 PM; 90 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 71 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 77F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 90F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 71F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Valley International Airport, Texas
Medium airport in Cameron County, TexasFire Weather Watch, in full · Every severe alert
...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS FRIDAY NIGHT INCREASE WILDFIRE THREAT... .A strong front pushes south through Deep South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley on Friday, with a secondary surge of strong northerly winds arriving late Friday evening into late Saturday morning. Relative humidity values are expected to drop Friday afternoon with little to no recovery into Saturday morning. Any wildfire that can develop will behave dangerously with erratic growth and spread due to strong winds and lower humidity. A Fire Danger Statement or Red Flag Warning may be needed. The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a Fire Weather Watch for breezy winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect from Friday afternoon through Saturday morning. * WINDS...Northerly 15-25 mph, gusting as high as 35-45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...as low as 25 to 40 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that can develop will behave dangerously with erratic growth and spread.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
76°
93°/73°
Clear·
Feels like 76°·Light breeze 5 mph ESE
Alert. A Fire Weather Watch is in force for Valley International Airport until 7 AM Saturday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Valley International Airport is 76° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 71° by 7 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 90°, and the coolest Saturday, near 75°. Rain is possible tomorrow (31%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 31 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 10:38 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 34 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
36Air quality
84%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
76feels76
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9373
14mph
UV 9
Fri
Oct 16
8971
31%
31mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
7558
26mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7957
15mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8362
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8867
26%
Wed
Oct 21
9070
22%
12mph
76°
93°73°
89°71°
75°58°
79°57°
83°62°
88°67°
90°70°
As of 9:00 PM in Valley International Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Valley International Airport
Index 36, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Brownsville-McAllen (TX), 4 miles off.
36Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)36Good-
- Ozone34Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)23Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 38, good.
GoodModerate
- 38YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- ModerateFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Valley International Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.20 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.20in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Valley International Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HRL
- ICAO
- KHRL
- IATA
- HRL
- Field elevation
- 36 ft
- Serves
- Harlingen
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- HRL
- Wind now
- From 110° at 6 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 7,257 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | 5 mph head, on 13 | 3 mph from the left |
| 18L / 36R | 5,950 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 181° / 1° | 2 mph head, on 18L | 6 mph from the left |
| 18R / 36L | 9,400 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 181° / 1° | 2 mph head, on 18R | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Harlingen INTL Arpt (HRL), Valley International 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 80% saturated; the humidity ran from 49% at 1 PM to 93% at 7 AM.
- Dew point now
- 70F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 80%
- Humidity, range
- 49 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the east at 9 PM; at its strongest 15 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 20 mph at 4 PM.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 15mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 20mph
- 4 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.94 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 29.94inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- 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 2,800 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 12 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,800ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 12
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
Harlingen INTL Arpt: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Valley International 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 now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/36 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Laguna Atascosa RAWSATRT2
A remote fire weather station/19.0 mi away/43 ft/7 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
WeslacoS2205
At a soil climate station/19.6 mi away/57 ft/21 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Edinburg 17 NNE12987
At a climate reference station/32.2 mi away/64 ft/28 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Harlingen 1.5 ENETX-CMR-63
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/36 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HarlingenHGNT2
At a cooperative observer's station/2.1 mi away/43 ft/7 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 Valley International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lasanacommunity, 3 mi
- Harlingencity, 4 mi
- Arroyo Colorado Estatescommunity, 4 mi
- Rio Hondocity, 5 mi
- Combestown, 5 mi
- Juarezcommunity, 5 mi
- Villa del Solcommunity, 6 mi
- Las Palmas IIcommunity, 6 mi
- Primeratown, 6 mi
- Palm Valleycity, 6 mi
- San Benitocity, 7 mi
- Lozanocommunity, 7 mi
Airports near Valley International Airport
- Port Isabel Cameron County AirportPIL, 20 mi
- Mid Valley International AirportTXW, 20 mi
- Brownsville South Padre Island International AirportBRO, 26 mi
- South Texas International at Edinburg AirportEBG, 32 mi
- McAllen Miller International AirportMFE, 36 mi
- Brooks County AirportBKS, 73 mi
- Kingsville Naval Air StationNQI, 89 mi
- Kleberg County AirportIKG, 94 mi