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Highlands, Texas

Community in Harris County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Highlands

Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 19 miles off.

41Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)41Good-
  • Ozone31Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)31Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 74, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Highlands

None in the last 24 hours; 0.12 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.12in

Visibility

How far you can see at Highlands, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Highlands, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

BaytownTCEQ-148

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.4 mi away/28 ft/6 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank2,901of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Highlands 2.1 ETX-HRR-153

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/32 ft/2 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BaytownBATT2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/59 ft/25 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at La Porte, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.2 mi from Highlands, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 11,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over La Porte, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT T41FIG. A THE SKY OVER LA PORTESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 11,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELa Porte, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS T41TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-T41-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.4 F with a dew point of 69.8 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 11,000 ft.

Chart of the air at La Porte: temperature 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.8, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 11,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT T41FIG. B THE AIR AT LA PORTETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.9 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 11,000 FTTEMPERATURE 73.4 FDEW POINT 69.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLELa Porte, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS T41TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-T41-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at La Porte, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT T41FIG. C THE WIND AT LA PORTEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELa Porte, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS T41TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-T41-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Texas

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Near Highlands

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Highlands

River and lake gauges