Temperature
81 F at 9 PM; 92 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 76 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 81F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 92F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 76F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
McAllen Miller International Airport, Texas
Medium airport in Hidalgo 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.
80°
96°/77°
Clear·
Feels like 83°·Gentle breeze 8 mph ESE
Alert. A Fire Weather Watch is in force for McAllen Miller 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. McAllen Miller International Airport is 80° and clear at 10 PM. With the humidity it feels like 83°. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the east-southeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 74° by 4 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 93°, and the coolest Saturday, near 75°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 10:41 PM. 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 34 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
34Air quality
70%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
80feels83
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9677
14mph
UV 9
Fri
Oct 16
9074
28%
25mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
7560
24mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
8059
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8565
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
9170
18%
Wed
Oct 21
9373
23%
13mph
80°
96°77°
90°74°
75°60°
80°59°
85°65°
91°70°
93°73°
As of 10:00 PM in McAllen Miller International Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at McAllen Miller International Airport
Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Brownsville-McAllen (TX), 34 miles off.
34Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good-
- Ozone34Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-
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 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at McAllen Miller International 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 McAllen Miller International Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MFE
- ICAO
- KMFE
- IATA
- MFE
- Field elevation
- 107 ft
- Serves
- McAllen
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- MFE
- Wind now
- From 110° at 9 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 7,120 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 141° / 321° | 8 mph head, on 13 | 5 mph from the left |
| 18 / 36 | 2,639 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 189° / 9° | 2 mph head, on 18 | 9 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Mcallen/Miller INTL (MFE), McAllen Miller 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 69% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 5 PM to 85% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 70F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 69%
- Humidity, range
- 46 to 85%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the east southeast at 10 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 7 PM, with a gust of 22 mph at 7 PM.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the east southeast
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 7 PM
- Highest gust
- 22mph
- 7 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.97 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 29.97inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.02inHg
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 2,300 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 8 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,300ft
- 3 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 8
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
Mcallen/Miller INTL: 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 McAllen Miller 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/108 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Lower Rio Grande Weather StationLWRT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.9 mi away/98 ft/9 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
WeslacoS2205
At a soil climate station/17.3 mi away/57 ft/50 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Edinburg 17 NNE12987
At a climate reference station/26.2 mi away/64 ft/43 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
McAllen 3.0 SSETX-HDL-65
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/118 ft/11 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
McallenMCAT2
At a cooperative observer's station/2.1 mi away/128 ft/21 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Mcallen (MCAT2), 2.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near McAllen Miller International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Pharrcity, 3 mi
- McAllencity, 4 mi
- Granjenocity, 5 mi
- Hidalgocity, 5 mi
- San Juancity, 6 mi
- Missioncity, 6 mi
- Palmhurstcity, 6 mi
- Lopezvillecommunity, 7 mi
- North Alamocommunity, 7 mi
- Alamocity, 7 mi
- South Alamocommunity, 8 mi
- Altoncity, 9 mi
Airports near McAllen Miller International Airport
- Mid Valley International AirportTXW, 16 mi
- South Texas International at Edinburg AirportEBG, 20 mi
- Valley International AirportHRL, 36 mi
- Brownsville South Padre Island International AirportBRO, 54 mi
- Port Isabel Cameron County AirportPIL, 55 mi
- Brooks County AirportBKS, 72 mi
- Zapata County AirportAPY, 83 mi
- Jim Hogg County AirportHBV, 87 mi