Citizen station DW6949DW6949
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/88 ft/4 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Mission Bend until 1 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 8 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 79° today.
Now. Mission Bend is 76° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 71°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light air from the east-southeast at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 56° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. 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 89°, 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 11:13 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 27 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Mission Bend, Texas.
Air quality
Index 50, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 20 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 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Mission Bend, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Mission Bend, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
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Citizen station DW6949DW6949
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/88 ft/4 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/5.0 mi away/7 ft/85 ft below here
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Barker Res nr Addicks08072500
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
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Prairie View #1S2016
At a soil climate station/32.9 mi away/270 ft/178 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Mission Bend 0.8 NTX-HRR-122
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/91 ft/1 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/9.5 mi away/89 ft/3 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 5.0 mi from Mission Bend, 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.