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Santa Maria, Texas

Community in Cameron County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Santa Maria

Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Brownsville-McAllen (TX), 13 miles off.

33Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good-
  • Ozone33Good29 ppb11.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 45 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 Santa Maria

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Santa Maria, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Santa Maria, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

WeslacoS2205

At a soil climate station/8.7 mi away/57 ft/9 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank2,860of 4,689

WeslacoTXW

At an airfield/10.3 mi away/70 ft/4 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank752of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Rangerville 1.9 SWTX-CMR-111

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/57 ft/9 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

WeslacoWEST2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/69 ft/3 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank276of 4,689

Station report

The weather at Weslaco, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.3 mi from Santa Maria, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM 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 Weslaco, 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 TXWFIG. A THE SKY OVER WESLACOSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEWeslaco, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TXWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TXW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

78.0 F with a dew point of 69.0 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Weslaco: temperature 78.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.0, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TXWFIG. B THE AIR AT WESLACOTHE 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 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.9 FTEMPERATURE 78.0 FDEW POINT 69.0 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLEWeslaco, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TXWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TXW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (120 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Weslaco, north up: blowing from 120 degrees, the east southeast, 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 TXWFIG. C THE WIND AT WESLACOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWeslaco, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TXWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TXW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Weslaco, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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