Temperature
74 F at 1 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 74 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 74F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 74F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Calhoun County Airport, Texas
Small airport in Calhoun County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Bee, Coastal Aransas, Coastal Calhoun, Coastal Kleberg, Coastal Nueces, Coastal Refugio, Coastal San Patricio, Goliad, Inland Calhoun, Inland Kleberg, Inland Nueces, Inland Refugio, Inland San Patricio, Jim Wells, and Victoria Counties. * 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.
73°
81°/70°
Clear·
Feels like 73°·Light breeze 5 mph NNE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Calhoun County 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 73° after 81° today.
Now. Calhoun County Airport is 73° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 73°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the north-northeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 55° 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 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 89°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 73°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:20 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 29 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
100%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
73feels73
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8170
12%
29mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
7355
22mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7753
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
8158
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8564
15%
Wed
Oct 21
8866
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
8967
overcast
73°
81°70°
73°55°
77°53°
81°58°
85°64°
88°66°
89°67°
As of 2:00 AM in Calhoun County Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Calhoun County Airport
Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Victoria (TX), 22 miles off.
27Good
- Ozone27Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone.
GoodModerate
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Calhoun County Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Calhoun County Airport, the next 42 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
- PKV
- ICAO
- KPKV
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 32 ft
- Serves
- Port Lavaca
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PKV
- Wind now
- From 350° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 unlit | 2,432 ft | 60 ft | Grass | 55° / 235° | 3 mph head, on 05 | 5 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 | 5,004 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 145° / 325° | 5 mph head, on 32 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Port_Lavaca (PKV), Calhoun County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 74 F, the air 99% saturated; the humidity ran from 51% at 3 PM Thursday to 99% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 74F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 99%
- Humidity, range
- 51 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the north at 1 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 12 PM Thursday, with a gust of 20 mph at 12 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 12 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 20mph
- 12 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.02 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.02inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 8 miles at 1 AM; 8 miles now.
- Now
- 8mi
- Lowest
- 8mi
- 1 AM
- 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 3,300 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 3,300ft
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 10
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
Port_Lavaca: 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 Calhoun County 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 now3 instruments
Port_LavacaPKV
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/30 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Victoria RAWSVCRT2
A remote fire weather station/19.7 mi away/118 ft/86 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Port Aransas 32 NNE23906
At a climate reference station/25.6 mi away/8 ft/24 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Port Lavaca 6.8 WTX-CLH-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/28 ft/4 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Point ComfortPTCT2
At a cooperative observer's station/8.0 mi away/51 ft/19 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 Point Comfort (PTCT2), 8.0 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 08:16. measured daily
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Calhoun County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Port Lavacacity, 4 mi
- Point Comfortcity, 8 mi
- Alamo Beachcommunity, 9 mi
- Placedocommunity, 9 mi
- Magnolia Beachcommunity, 11 mi
- Vanderbiltcommunity, 12 mi
- Bloomingtoncommunity, 13 mi
- Lolitacommunity, 15 mi
- Seadriftcity, 17 mi
- Tivolicommunity, 19 mi
- La Wardcity, 19 mi
- Inezcommunity, 20 mi
Airports near Calhoun County Airport
- Victoria Regional AirportVCT, 20 mi
- Palacios Municipal AirportPSX, 27 mi
- Aransas County AirportRKP, 45 mi
- Wharton Regional AirportARM, 52 mi
- Bay City Regional AirportBYY, 54 mi
- Ingleside Regional AirportTFP, 61 mi
- Mustang Beach AirportRAS, 63 mi
- Alfred C 'Bubba' Thomas AirportT69, 67 mi