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Port Aransas, Texas

City in Nueces County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Port Aransas

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Corpus Christi (TX), 20 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
  • Ozone20Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Port Aransas

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Port Aransas, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Port Aransas, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Port Aransas 0.9 ENETX-NU-106

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/5 ft/2 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Port AransasPTTT2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.8 mi away/30 ft/23 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Port Aransas/Mustang Beach Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.6 mi from Port Aransas, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:55 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 Port Aransas/Mustang Beach Arpt, 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 RASFIG. A THE SKY OVER PORT ARANSAS/MUSTANG BEACH ARPTSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPort Aransas/Mustang Beach Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RASTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RAS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

78.3 F with a dew point of 74.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Port Aransas/Mustang Beach Arpt: temperature 78.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 74.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RASFIG. B THE AIR AT PORT ARANSAS/MUSTANG BEACH ARPTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 72.9 FTEMPERATURE 78.3 FDEW POINT 74.0 FSPREAD 4.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEPort Aransas/Mustang Beach Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RASTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RAS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Port Aransas/Mustang Beach Arpt, north up: blowing from 20 degrees, the north northeast, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RASFIG. C THE WIND AT PORT ARANSAS/MUSTANG BEACH ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 20°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPort Aransas/Mustang Beach Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RASTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RAS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Port Aransas/Mustang Beach Arpt, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Texas

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

Near Port Aransas

River and lake gauges