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Richwood, Texas

City in Brazoria County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Richwood

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 48 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
  • Ozone31Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Richwood

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Richwood, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Richwood, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

CluteTCEQ-11

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.6 mi away/7 ft/6 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank3,685of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

FreeportDOWT2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/20 ft/7 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,406of 4,689

Station report

The weather at Angleton/Lake Jacks, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.4 mi from Richwood, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 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 Angleton/Lake Jacks, 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 LBXFIG. A THE SKY OVER ANGLETON/LAKE JACKSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEAngleton/Lake Jacks, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LBXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LBX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 69.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Angleton/Lake Jacks: temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LBXFIG. B THE AIR AT ANGLETON/LAKE JACKSTHE 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 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 70.0 F, 69.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEAngleton/Lake Jacks, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LBXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LBX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Angleton/Lake Jacks, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LBXFIG. C THE WIND AT ANGLETON/LAKE JACKSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAngleton/Lake Jacks, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LBXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LBX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Angleton/Lake Jacks, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Freeport (DOWT2), 5.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

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Near Richwood

River and lake gauges