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South Padre Island, Texas

Town in Cameron County, Texas

Air quality

The air at South Padre Island

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Brownsville-McAllen (TX), 33 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good-
  • Ozone34Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at South Padre Island

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 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 South Padre Island, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over South Padre Island, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest South Padre Island, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

South Padre Island 1.6 NNWTX-CMR-132

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/5 ft/1 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Port IsabelPIST2

At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/16 ft/10 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank868of 4,689

Station report

The weather at Port Isabel-Cameron County Apt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.0 mi from South Padre Island, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:53 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 Port Isabel-Cameron County Apt, 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 PILFIG. A THE SKY OVER PORT ISABEL-CAMERON COUNTY APTSECTION, 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 Isabel-Cameron County Apt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PILTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PIL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

79.0 F with a dew point of 67.0 F, 67 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Port Isabel-Cameron County Apt: temperature 79.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.0, 67 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PILFIG. B THE AIR AT PORT ISABEL-CAMERON COUNTY APTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 2,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.2 FTEMPERATURE 79.0 FDEW POINT 67.0 FSPREAD 12.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 67 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 Isabel-Cameron County Apt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PILTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PIL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (120 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Port Isabel-Cameron County Apt, north up: blowing from 120 degrees, the east southeast, 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 PILFIG. C THE WIND AT PORT ISABEL-CAMERON COUNTY APTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPort Isabel-Cameron County Apt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PILTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PIL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Port Isabel-Cameron County Apt, 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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Near South Padre Island

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