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Port Arthur, Texas

City in Jefferson County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Port Arthur

Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Beaumont-Port Arthur (TX), 16 miles off.

33Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
  • Ozone33Good36 ppb3.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Port Arthur

None in the last 24 hours; 0.48 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.48in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Port Arthur, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BeaumontS2207

At a soil climate station/24.0 mi away/19 ft/13 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank2,694of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

CityPTHT2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/13 ft/7 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Beaumont - Port Arthur, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.2 mi from Port Arthur, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

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

Section of the sky over Beaumont - Port Arthur, 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 BPTFIG. A THE SKY OVER BEAUMONT - PORT ARTHURSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBeaumont - Port Arthur, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BPTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BPT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

76.0 F with a dew point of 74.0 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 8,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Beaumont - Port Arthur: temperature 76.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 74.0, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 8,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BPTFIG. B THE AIR AT BEAUMONT - PORT ARTHURTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 73.5 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 8,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 76.0 F, 74.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEBeaumont - Port Arthur, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BPTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BPT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (100 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Beaumont - Port Arthur, north up: blowing from 100 degrees, the east, at 5 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 BPTFIG. C THE WIND AT BEAUMONT - PORT ARTHURPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 100°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBeaumont - Port Arthur, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BPTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BPT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Beaumont - Port Arthur, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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