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Taft, Texas

City in San Patricio County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Taft

Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Corpus Christi (TX), 12 miles off.

38Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good12.5 mi
  • Ozone38Good32 ppb14.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good12.5 mi

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, 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 Taft

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 Taft, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Taft, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

La QuintaNDBC-LQAT2

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.4 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank4,443of 4,689

SintonT69

At an airfield/10.1 mi away/59 ft/13 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2,698of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

Portland 1.9 NETX-SP-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.8 mi away/32 ft/14 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Sinton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.1 mi from Taft, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,400 ft, scattered at 4,000 ft, scattered at 4,600 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Sinton, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,400 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 4,000 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 4,600 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT T69FIG. A THE SKY OVER SINTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 4,600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLESinton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS T69TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-T69-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

75.2 F with a dew point of 73.4 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Sinton: temperature 75.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 73.4, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT T69FIG. B THE AIR AT SINTONTHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 72.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 75.2 F, 73.4 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 POINTTITLESinton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS T69TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-T69-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 59 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.86 inHg and the temperature at 58.8 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.02 inHg means its barometer reads 29.96 inHg; it reports 75.2 F, 16.4 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Sinton stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 59 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.86 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.8 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.02 and the station pressure it means, 29.96.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT T69FIG. D WHERE SINTON STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERESINTON0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT59 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.86 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.8 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.02 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.96 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED75.2 FTITLESinton, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS T69TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-T69-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Sinton, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Welder Wild Life nears Woodsboro (WODT2), 8.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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Near Taft

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