Temperature
76 F at 1 PM; 89 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 74 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 76F
- 1 PM
- Highest
- 89F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 74F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Aransas County Airport, Texas
Small airport in Aransas 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.
77°
84°/73°
Overcast·
Feels like 77°·Fresh breeze 23 mph N
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Aransas 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 76° after 84° today.
Now. Aransas County Airport is 77° and overcast at 1 PM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Fresh breeze from the north at 23 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 81° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 59° by 8 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. Air quality is moderate (index 57): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 76°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:23 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 30 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
7UV High
57Air quality
60%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
1:00 PM
77feels77
23mph
UV 7
Today
Oct 16
8473
18%
28mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
7659
24mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7959
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
8165
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8469
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
8570
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8670
overcast
77°
84°73°
76°59°
79°59°
81°65°
84°69°
85°70°
86°70°
As of 1:00 PM in Aransas County Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Aransas County Airport
Index 57, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Corpus Christi (TX), 30 miles off.
57Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)47Good-
- Ozone19Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)57Moderate-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
- ModerateMonOct 19
- ModerateTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Aransas County Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Aransas County Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RKP
- ICAO
- KRKP
- IATA
- RKP
- Field elevation
- 24 ft
- Serves
- Rockport
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RKP
- Wind now
- From 360° at 22 mph, read 16 Oct, 13:03
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 5,608 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 145° / 325° | 18 mph head, on 32 | 13 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 4,498 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 190° / 10° | 22 mph head, on 36 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Rockport/Aransas Co (RKP), Aransas County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 61 F, the air 60% saturated; the humidity ran from 54% at 2 PM Thursday to 94% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 61F
- 1 PM
- Humidity now
- 60%
- Humidity, range
- 54 to 94%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
23 mph from the north at 1 PM; at its strongest 23 mph, 10 AM, with a gust of 37 mph at 10 AM.
- Now
- 23mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 23mph
- 10 AM
- Highest gust
- 37mph
- 10 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.18 inHg at 1 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.25 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.18inHg
- 1 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.25inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 8 miles at 7 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 8mi
- 7 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 1,800 ft at 9 AM; a base was reported in 12 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,800ft
- 9 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
- 0.00in
- 3 AM
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Rockport/Aransas Co: 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 Aransas County Airport, 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/26 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mission - AransasMAXT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.7 mi away/-1 ft/25 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Port Aransas 32 NNE23906
At a climate reference station/20.2 mi away/8 ft/16 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Rockport 3.0 NNWTX-AR-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/11 ft/13 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RockportRPTT2
At a cooperative observer's station/4.9 mi away/20 ft/4 ft below 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 Aransas County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Fultontown, 1 mi
- Rockportcity, 3 mi
- Lamarcommunity, 5 mi
- Holiday Beachcommunity, 6 mi
- Baysidetown, 10 mi
- Falmancommunity, 13 mi
- Aransas Passcity, 14 mi
- Tradewindscommunity, 15 mi
- Inglesidecity, 18 mi
- Port Aransascity, 18 mi
- Gregorycity, 19 mi
- Woodsborotown, 20 mi
Airports near Aransas County Airport
- Ingleside Regional AirportTFP, 16 mi
- Mustang Beach AirportRAS, 19 mi
- Alfred C 'Bubba' Thomas AirportT69, 31 mi
- Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Truax FieldNGP, 31 mi
- Waldron Field Naval Outlying Landing FieldNWL, 35 mi
- Corpus Christi International AirportCRP, 35 mi
- Cabaniss Field Naval Outlying Landing FieldNGW, 36 mi
- Nueces County AirportRBO, 45 mi