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Indio, Texas

Community in Starr County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Indio

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Laredo (TX), 71 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good-
  • Ozone26Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Indio

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Indio, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 1 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Indio, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

ZapataAPY

At an airfield/30.6 mi away/422 ft/94 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,154of 4,734

measured daily2 instruments

Roma 2.2 ETX-ST-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.6 mi away/189 ft/139 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Zapata, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 30.6 mi from Indio, Texas. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 6:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 8,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Zapata, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT APYFIG. A THE SKY OVER ZAPATASECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 8,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEZapata, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS APYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-APY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

58.5 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 45 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 8,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Zapata: temperature 58.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 45 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 8,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT APYFIG. B THE AIR AT ZAPATATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 4,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 8,000 FTTEMPERATURE 58.5 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 21.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 45 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 POINTTITLEZapata, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS APYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-APY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Zapata, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT APYFIG. C THE WIND AT ZAPATAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEZapata, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS APYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-APY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Texas

20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Indio

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

Near Indio

River and lake gauges