Galveston 99th St.TCEQ-1034
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.1 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Jamaica Beach, Texas
Beach in Galveston County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * WHERE...Bolivar Peninsula, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island, and Matagorda Islands Counties. * WHEN...Until 1 PM CDT this afternoon. * 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.
62°
73°/58°
Clear·
Feels like 62°·Fresh breeze 20 mph NNE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Jamaica Beach until 1 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Jamaica Beach is 62° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northeast at 20 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 59° 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 83°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 74°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:48 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 43% lit, and sets at 12:07 AM after midnight. 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 27 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
30Air quality
49%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
62feels62
20mph
Today
Oct 17
7358
22mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7459
14mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7762
13mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7966
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8167
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8266
overcast
Fri
Oct 23
8367
overcast
62°
73°58°
74°59°
77°62°
79°66°
81°67°
82°66°
83°67°
As of 4:00 AM in Jamaica Beach, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Jamaica Beach
Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 45 miles off.
30Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
- Ozone30Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
GoodModerate
- 36YesterdayOct 16
- GoodTodayOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
- ModerateMonOct 19
- ModerateTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Jamaica Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.03in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Jamaica Beach, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ESE 120°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 42035, 34.3 mi away.
Waves at buoy 42035, Galveston
- Wave height
- 6.9 ft
- Period
- 6 s
- From
- ENE (65°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 10 s from NNE
- Wind waves
- 6.9 ft at 6 s from ENE
- Water
- 81 °F
- Read
- Sat 3:50 AM
- Distance
- 34.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3:50 AM | 6.9 ft | 6 s | ENE (65°) |
| Sat 2:50 AM | 5.9 ft | 6 s | ENE (58°) |
| Sat 1:50 AM | 6.6 ft | 5 s | NNE (23°) |
| Sat 12:50 AM | 5.6 ft | 5 s | NNE (23°) |
| Fri 11:50 PM | 5.6 ft | 5 s | NE (34°) |
| Fri 10:50 PM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | NNE (26°) |
| Fri 9:50 PM | 5.6 ft | 6 s | NNE (32°) |
| Fri 8:50 PM | 6.2 ft | 5 s | NNE (12°) |
| Fri 7:50 PM | 5.9 ft | 5 s | NNE (16°) |
| Fri 6:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 5 s | NNE (16°) |
| Fri 5:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 4 s | NNE (17°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 5 s | N (8°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 5 s | N (9°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 5 s | N (6°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 5 s | N (359°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | N (3°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | SSE (159°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 7 s | SE (139°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | SE (140°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SSE (147°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | SSE (148°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 7 s | SE (131°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | SE (138°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | SE (144°) |
Beach
- County
- Galveston County
- State
- Texas
- Latitude
- 29.1947° N
- Longitude
- 94.9774° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Jamaica Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/8.6 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW6225GW6225
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.5 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/2.0 mi away/5 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FreeportDOWT2
At a cooperative observer's station/28.5 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), 28.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Jamaica Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Tiki Islandvillage, 8 mi
- Bayou Vistacity, 9 mi
- Hitchcockcity, 11 mi
- La Marquecity, 12 mi
- Galvestoncity, 13 mi
- Texas Citycity, 14 mi
- Santa Fecity, 15 mi
- Dickinsoncity, 19 mi
- Liverpoolcity, 19 mi
- Hillcrest Villagecity, 20 mi
- San Leoncommunity, 20 mi
- Bacliffcommunity, 22 mi
Beaches near Jamaica Beach
- West Beach2 mi
- Galveston Beach2 mi
- Palm Beach2 mi
- Pirates Beach3 mi
- Bermuda Beach3 mi
- Sunny Beach4 mi
- West Beach4 mi
- Babe's Beach8 mi