Galveston Pier 21NDBC-GTOT2
At a harbour/9.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Bolivar Beach, Texas
Beach in Galveston County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Bolivar Peninsula, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island, and Matagorda Islands Counties. * WHEN...From 10 AM Friday to 1 PM 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. Secure outdoor objects.
74°
84°/73°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 74°·Light breeze 7 mph ENE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Bolivar Beach until 1 PM Saturday. 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. Bolivar Beach is 74° and mostly clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 73°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 68° 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 82°, and the coolest Saturday, near 69°. Rain is possible tomorrow (33%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 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 south-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, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
44Air quality
81%Humidity
13%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
74feels74
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 15
8473
37%
12mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
7667
33%
25mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6954
20mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7254
12mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7658
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8063
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8265
overcast
74°
84°73°
76°67°
69°54°
72°54°
76°58°
80°63°
82°65°
As of 11:00 PM in Bolivar Beach, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Bolivar Beach
Index 44, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 46 miles off.
44Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)44Good-
- Ozone33Good35 ppb13.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-
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 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bolivar Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Bolivar Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 131°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 42035, 21.3 mi away.
Waves at buoy 42035, Galveston
- Wave height
- 3.3 ft
- Period
- 6 s
- From
- SE (135°)
- Swell
- 1.0 ft at 7 s from SE
- Wind waves
- 3.3 ft at 6 s from SE
- Water
- 83 °F
- Read
- Thu 10:50 PM
- Distance
- 21.3 mi
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 10:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | SE (135°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | SE (133°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | SE (130°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (140°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (142°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (139°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SSE (155°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SSE (147°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SSE (168°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SSE (161°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (163°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (168°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SSE (153°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SSE (153°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SSE (151°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SE (144°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SSE (150°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | S (175°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | SSE (167°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SE (144°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | SE (133°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | S (170°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | SSE (153°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | SSE (158°) |
Beach
- County
- Galveston County
- State
- Texas
- Latitude
- 29.4130° N
- Longitude
- 94.6994° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Bolivar Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/14.1 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station DW2080DW2080
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.2 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Crystal Beach 2.2 ENETX-GV-92
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BaytownBATT2
At a cooperative observer's station/33.3 mi away/59 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Bolivar Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bolivar Peninsulacommunity, 4 mi
- Galvestoncity, 9 mi
- Texas Citycity, 14 mi
- San Leoncommunity, 15 mi
- Tiki Islandvillage, 15 mi
- Bayou Vistacity, 16 mi
- Oak Islandcommunity, 17 mi
- La Marquecity, 17 mi
- Bacliffcommunity, 19 mi
- Hitchcockcity, 20 mi
- Kemahcity, 21 mi
- Dickinsoncity, 22 mi
Beaches near Bolivar Beach
- Crystal Beach5 mi
- East Beach7 mi
- Porretto Beach9 mi
- Stewart Beach9 mi
- Galveston Beach11 mi
- Babe's Beach15 mi
- Bobby Beach Park18 mi
- West Beach18 mi