Galveston 99th St.TCEQ-1034
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.3 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Galveston 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.
78°
85°/76°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 78°·Light breeze 8 mph ESE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Galveston Beach until 1 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Galveston Beach is 78° and mostly clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 72°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 72° by 8 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 72°. Rain is possible tomorrow (43%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 27 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 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.
0UV Low
46Air quality
74%Humidity
37%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
78feels78
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 15
8576
36%
12mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
8071
43%
27mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7258
24mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7359
14mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7763
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
8067
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
8269
overcast
78°
85°76°
80°71°
72°58°
73°59°
77°63°
80°67°
82°69°
As of 10:00 PM in Galveston Beach, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Galveston Beach
Index 46, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 45 miles off.
46Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)46Good-
- Ozone44Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)25Good-
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 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Galveston Beach
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 Galveston Beach, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Thu 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 143°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 42035, 32.3 mi away.
Waves at buoy 42035, Galveston
- Wave height
- 3.0 ft
- Period
- 6 s
- From
- SE (130°)
- Swell
- 0.0 ft
- Wind waves
- 3.0 ft at 6 s from SE
- Water
- 83 °F
- Read
- Thu 10:20 PM
- Distance
- 32.3 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 10:20 PM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | SE (130°) |
| 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
- 29.1983° N
- Longitude
- 94.9433° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Galveston Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/6.8 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW6225GW6225
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.4 mi away/22 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Galveston 3.6 WSWTX-GV-61
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/5 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FreeportDOWT2
At a cooperative observer's station/30.4 mi away/20 ft/- ft from 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 Freeport (DOWT2), 30.4 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Galveston Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Jamaica Beachcity, 2 mi
- Tiki Islandvillage, 7 mi
- Bayou Vistacity, 9 mi
- Hitchcockcity, 11 mi
- Galvestoncity, 12 mi
- La Marquecity, 12 mi
- Texas Citycity, 14 mi
- Santa Fecity, 16 mi
- Dickinsoncity, 19 mi
- San Leoncommunity, 20 mi
- Liverpoolcity, 21 mi
- Bacliffcommunity, 21 mi
Beaches near Galveston Beach
- Palm Beachunder 1 mi
- Pirates Beachunder 1 mi
- Bermuda Beach1 mi
- Sunny Beach2 mi
- Jamaica Beach2 mi
- West Beach2 mi
- West Beach4 mi
- Babe's Beach7 mi