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Benavides, Texas

City in Duval County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Benavides

Index 39, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Corpus Christi (TX), 64 miles off.

39Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
  • Ozone39Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Benavides

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Benavides, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Benavides, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Benavides, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

KingsvilleIKG

At an airfield/23.5 mi away/128 ft/242 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank628of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

BenavidesBVDT2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/397 ft/27 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank3,856of 4,689

Benavides 0.9 NTX-DV-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/370 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Kingsville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.5 mi from Benavides, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Kingsville, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IKGFIG. A THE SKY OVER KINGSVILLESECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEKingsville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IKGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IKG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.4 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Kingsville: temperature 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IKGFIG. B THE AIR AT KINGSVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.7 FTEMPERATURE 73.4 FDEW POINT 68.0 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEKingsville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IKGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IKG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Kingsville, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IKGFIG. C THE WIND AT KINGSVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKingsville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IKGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IKG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Kingsville, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Benavides (BVDT2), 0.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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