Rain Gage at Martin Ck Lk State Park nr Tatum321642094334601
In a park or preserve/3.6 mi away/321 ft/12 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Tatum, Texas
City in Rusk County, TexasRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 1 AM CDT SATURDAY DUE TO WIND SHIFT, MOISTURE DROP AND WIND, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS, NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA, AND EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS... * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of south central and southwest Arkansas, north central and northwest Louisiana, southeast Oklahoma, and east and northeast Texas. * TIMING...From 10 AM Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. * WINDS...North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 28 to 69 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. Follow all fire restrictions. One less spark, one less wildfire. A Red Flag Warning is issued when we identify weather conditions that promote rapid spread of fire which may become life-threatening. This does not mean there is a fire. These conditions are either occurring now or will begin soon. It is important to have multiple ways to receive information from authorities.
69°
70°/59°
Clear·
Feels like 69°·Light breeze 7 mph NNW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Tatum until 1 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Tatum is 69° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 58° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 88°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:44 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
88%Humidity
10%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
69feels69
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7059
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6847
13mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7243
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7746
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8250
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8553
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8854
overcast
69°
70°59°
68°47°
72°43°
77°46°
82°50°
85°53°
88°54°
As of 3:00 AM in Tatum, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Tatum
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Tyler-Longview-Marshall (TX), 45 miles off.
31Good
- Ozone31Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Tatum
None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.03in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Tatum, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Tatum, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Tatum, 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 now3 instruments
Rank3of 4,689
At an airfield/11.6 mi away/407 ft/74 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW5761GW5761
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.7 mi away/410 ft/77 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Longview 11SEGGGT2
At a cooperative observer's station/7.6 mi away/394 ft/61 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Longview 11.5 SSETX-GG-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.5 mi away/329 ft/4 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The weather at Longview/Gregg Co., drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 11.6 mi from Tatum, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
71.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.
The wind
From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Longview 11SE (GGGT2), 7.6 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Tatum
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Eastoncity, 6 mi
- Beckvillecity, 7 mi
- Lake Cherokeecommunity, 9 mi
- Lakeportcity, 12 mi
- Hallsvillecity, 13 mi
- Carthagecity, 15 mi
- Marshallcity, 18 mi
- Nesbitttown, 19 mi
- Longviewcity, 19 mi
- Hendersoncity, 20 mi
- Kilgorecity, 20 mi
- Scottsvillecity, 21 mi