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Midfield, Texas

Community in Matagorda County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Midfield

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Victoria (TX), 47 miles off.

21Good
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Midfield

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

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 1 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Midfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

DanevangDVGT2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.9 mi away/69 ft/22 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank296of 4,734

Station report

The weather at Palacios Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.6 mi from Midfield, Texas. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 5:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Palacios Municipal, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PSXFIG. A THE SKY OVER PALACIOS MUNICIPALSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPalacios Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PSXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PSX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 61 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Palacios Municipal: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 61 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PSXFIG. B THE AIR AT PALACIOS MUNICIPALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.1 FTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 13.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 61 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 POINTTITLEPalacios Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PSXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PSX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Palacios Municipal, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 14 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PSXFIG. C THE WIND AT PALACIOS MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPalacios Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PSXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PSX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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