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Sour Lake, Texas

City in Hardin County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Sour Lake

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Beaumont-Port Arthur (TX), 19 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
  • Ozone26Good8 ppb19.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 40 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 Sour Lake

None in the last 24 hours; 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.11in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sour Lake, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sour Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BeaumontS2207

At a soil climate station/8.2 mi away/19 ft/27 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank2,694of 4,689

BeaumontBMT

At an airfield/12.3 mi away/32 ft/14 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank811of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Beaumont, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.3 mi from Sour Lake, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 8,000 ft, broken at 12,000 ft; the ceiling is 12,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Beaumont, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, the ceiling at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BMTFIG. A THE SKY OVER BEAUMONTSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 12,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 8,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEBeaumont, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BMTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BMT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

71.2 F with a dew point of 70.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 8,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Beaumont: temperature 71.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 70.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 8,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BMTFIG. B THE AIR AT BEAUMONTTHE 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 FSATURATES 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 69.7 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 8,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 71.2 F, 70.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BMTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BMT-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 Beaumont, 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 BMTFIG. C THE WIND AT BEAUMONTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEBeaumont, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BMTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BMT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Research Station (BAGT2), 8.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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