Colorado Rv at Columbus08161000
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.0 mi away/146 ft/256 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
New Ulm, Texas
Community in Austin County, Texas* WHAT...North winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of south central and southeast Texas. * WHEN...From 7 AM Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects.
70°
72°/65°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 70°·Calm 0 mph NNE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for New Ulm until 1 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. New Ulm is 70° and mostly clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 62° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° 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 69°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:54 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:16 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.
0UV Low
41Air quality
95%Humidity
14%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
70feels70
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
7265
20%
24mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6951
18mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7347
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7851
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8457
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8860
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8960
overcast
70°
72°65°
69°51°
73°47°
78°51°
84°57°
88°60°
89°60°
As of 3:00 AM in New Ulm, Texas.
Air quality
The air at New Ulm
Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 69 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.
GoodModerate
- 74YesterdayOct 15
- ModerateTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at New Ulm
None in the last 24 hours; 0.08 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.08in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at New Ulm, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over New Ulm, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest New Ulm, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank1,156of 4,689
Citizen station GW5309GW5309
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.9 mi away/343 ft/59 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Columbus66R
At an airfield/17.3 mi away/244 ft/158 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Prairie View #1S2016
At a soil climate station/33.1 mi away/270 ft/132 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Cat Spring 6.9 WTX-CLR-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/349 ft/53 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Colorado River At ColumbusCBST2
At a cooperative observer's station/13.0 mi away/187 ft/215 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Columbus, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 17.3 mi from New Ulm, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
72.5 F with a dew point of 70.7 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.
The wind
Calm.
The full report of Columbus, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near New Ulm
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.