Citizen station FW6820FW6820
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.7 mi away/157 ft/67 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Citrus City, Texas
Community in Hidalgo County, TexasRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS FRIDAY NIGHT INCREASE WILDFIRE THREAT... .A strong front pushes south through Deep South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley on Friday, with a secondary surge of strong northerly winds arriving late Friday evening into late Saturday morning. Relative humidity values are expected to drop Friday afternoon with little to no recovery into Saturday morning. Any wildfire that can develop will behave dangerously with erratic growth and spread due to strong winds and lower humidity. A Red Flag Warning is in effect. The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a Red Flag Warning for Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 1 PM Friday to 7 AM CDT Saturday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * WINDS...Northerly 15-25 mph, gusting as high as 35-55 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 25 to 40 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that can develop will behave dangerously with erratic growth and spread.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.
76°
88°/71°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 76°·Light air 1 mph ESE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Citrus City until 7 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 14 degrees cooler: a high of 74° after 88° today.
Now. Citrus City is 76° and mostly clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the east-southeast at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 60° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, very high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 92°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 74°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:34 PM. 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 33 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
38Air quality
79%Humidity
31%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
76feels76
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
8871
32%
21mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
7459
21mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7957
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8363
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8967
22%
Wed
Oct 21
9170
24%
Thu
Oct 22
9270
overcast
76°
88°71°
74°59°
79°57°
83°63°
89°67°
91°70°
92°70°
As of 12:00 AM in Citrus City, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Citrus City
Index 38, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Brownsville-McAllen (TX), 44 miles off.
38Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)38Good9.4 mi
- Ozone30Good29 ppb9.4 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)21Good9.4 mi
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 38, good.
GoodModerate
- 38YesterdayOct 14
- ModerateTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Citrus City
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Citrus City, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Citrus City, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Citrus City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.4 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank3,743of 4,689
MissionTCEQ-43
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.4 mi away/121 ft/103 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/14.2 mi away/108 ft/116 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Edinburg 17 NNE12987
At a climate reference station/24.2 mi away/64 ft/160 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
WeslacoS2205
At a soil climate station/29.3 mi away/57 ft/167 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Alton 1.5 WSWTX-HDL-79
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/170 ft/54 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MccookMCOT2
At a cooperative observer's station/10.6 mi away/302 ft/78 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Mcallen/Miller INTL, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 14.2 mi from Citrus City, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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