Galveston Pier 21NDBC-GTOT2
At a harbour/2.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Galveston Beach, Texas
Beach in Galveston County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and seas 7 to 12 ft expected. * WHERE...Portions of Gulf of America. * WHEN...From 10 AM Friday to 1 PM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Front will push into the waters this morning with steadily increasing north winds in its wake. Gale conditions are anticipated in the waters generally west of Freeport beginning in the mid to late morning hours. Further east, winds will increase closer to gale conditions in the afternoon...especially the evening and overnight hours across the Upper Texas coast as cooler air moves over the warm shelf waters.
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for hazardous conditions.
78°
85°/77°
Clear·
Feels like 78°·Light breeze 8 mph E
Alert. A Gale Warning 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 clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 75°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 74° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 81°, and the coolest Saturday, near 72°. Rain is possible tomorrow (46%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 28 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
79%Humidity
10%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
78feels78
10%
Today
Oct 15
8577
35%
12mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
8173
46%
28mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7260
26mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7461
15mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7765
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
8069
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
8171
overcast
78°
85°77°
81°73°
72°60°
74°61°
77°65°
80°69°
81°71°
As of 11:00 PM in Galveston Beach, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Galveston 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 ppb3.6 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 Galveston Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.08 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.08in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Galveston Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 142°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 42035, 23.9 mi away.
Waves at buoy 42035, Galveston
- Wave height
- 3.6 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- SE (125°)
- Swell
- 1.0 ft at 7 s from SE
- Wind waves
- 3.3 ft at 5 s from SE
- Water
- 83 °F
- Read
- Thu 11:20 PM
- Distance
- 23.9 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 11:20 PM | 3.6 ft | 5 s | SE (125°) |
| 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°) |
Beach
- County
- Galveston County
- State
- Texas
- Latitude
- 29.2789° N
- Longitude
- 94.8040° 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 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/3.5 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station DW2080DW2080
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.6 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Galveston 6.4 NETX-GV-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BaytownBATT2
At a cooperative observer's station/38.2 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 Galveston Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Galvestoncity, 2 mi
- Tiki Islandvillage, 7 mi
- Bayou Vistacity, 9 mi
- Texas Citycity, 12 mi
- Jamaica Beachcity, 12 mi
- La Marquecity, 12 mi
- Hitchcockcity, 14 mi
- Bolivar Peninsulacommunity, 16 mi
- San Leoncommunity, 16 mi
- Santa Fecity, 19 mi
- Bacliffcommunity, 19 mi
- Dickinsoncity, 20 mi
Beaches near Galveston Beach
- Porretto Beach3 mi
- Stewart Beach3 mi
- Babe's Beach4 mi
- East Beach4 mi
- West Beach8 mi
- Sunny Beach8 mi
- Bermuda Beach9 mi
- Pirates Beach9 mi