Brazos Rv nr West Columbia08116850
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for East Columbia until 1 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 11 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 82° today.
Now. East Columbia is 73° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the east at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 55° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 Thursday, near 88°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:51 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:14 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 28 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in East Columbia, Texas.
Air quality
Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 45 miles off.
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 48, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over East Columbia, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest East Columbia, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Brazos Rv nr West Columbia08116850
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/9.4 mi away/26 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW4043FW4043
In a volunteer observer's own ground/23.7 mi away/71 ft/43 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
West Columbia 1 ESEWSCT2
At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/39 ft/11 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
West Columbia 2.5 ENETX-BRZ-49
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/26 ft/2 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 9.4 mi from East Columbia, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
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Snow on the ground
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.