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Hitchcock, Texas

City in Galveston County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Hitchcock

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 34 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
  • Ozone31Good34 ppb11.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hitchcock

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.09in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hitchcock, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 10 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Hitchcock, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Galveston/ScholesGLS

At an airfield/11.1 mi away/52 ft/37 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Hitchcock 2.6 NNWTX-GV-114

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/12 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BaytownBATT2

At a cooperative observer's station/30.7 mi away/59 ft/44 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW6225, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 4.8 mi from Hitchcock, Texas. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW6225, 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 GW6225FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW6225PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW6225, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW6225TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW6225-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 22 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.90 inHg and the temperature at 58.9 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.06 inHg means its barometer reads 30.04 inHg; it reports 76.0 F, 17.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW6225 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 22 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.90 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.9 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.06 and the station pressure it means, 30.04.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW6225FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW6225 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION GW62250 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT22 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.90 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.9 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.06 inHgITS BAROMETER READS30.04 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED76.0 FTITLECitizen station GW6225, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW6225TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW6225-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 52 degrees above the horizon at 29.38 N, and the day is 11 h 19 min long. Level ground there takes 78 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station GW6225, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 52 degrees above the horizon, against 84 at the June solstice, 61 at the equinoxes and 37 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 19 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW6225FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW6225ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 84°EQUINOXES 61°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 37°OCT 16, 52°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 19 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 78 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 29.38 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW6225, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW6225TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW6225-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW6225, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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