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Fort Stockton, Texas Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fort Stockton weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Fort Stockton, TX
Sunday, July 5 at 2:47 AM
81
°
Overcast
Feels like
79°
Humidity
44%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
1:53 AM
Sunset
3:58 PM
Fort Stockton, TX
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFort Stockton, TX: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 77 to 98 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 77°H 98°
Fort Stockton, TX
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    98°77°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    95°71°-3°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    94°75°-1°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    97°76°+3°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    100°77°+3°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Partly Cloudy
    98°76°-2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    94°74°-4°
Fort Stockton, TX
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
156° · steady
Direction
SSE
156°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
23
mph
Peak 24h
32
avg 11
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 11 · pk 32 @ 5:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 3018SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze holding from the sse.
Fort Stockton, TX
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
912.9
-0.3 mb in 3h · steady · 26.96 inHg
Now
912.9
mb
3h
-0.3
mb
12h
-2.7
mb
24h
+0.4
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 911916
905910915920-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW915.6911.2912.5
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Fort Stockton, TX
Air quality
40
AQI
Good
-2 in 6h

AQI 40 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Ozone at AQI 31. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~99%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
3.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
65μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 31. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~99%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 31
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 7
Fort Stockton, TX
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
81%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
89.9mi
UNLIMITED
157 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
07:47 UTC · Fort Stockton, TX · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
07:47 UTC · Fort Stockton, TX · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Fort Stockton, TX
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fort Stockton, TX
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fort Stockton, TX
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
6:27 AM
Sunrise
1:53 AM
Daylight
14h 05m
Sunset
3:58 PM
Civil dusk
9:27 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Fort Stockton, TX
The moon
Waning Gibbous
75% illuminated
Moonrise
12:04 AM
Moonset
12:08 PM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Fort Stockton, TX
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fort Stockton at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 81°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: February 20 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 79735

15-Day Forecast — Fort Stockton

  1. Sun98°76°4%
  2. Mon95°71°6%
  3. Tue94°75°1%
  4. Wed97°76°1%
  5. Thu100°77°3%
  6. Fri98°76°6%
  7. Sat94°74°9%
  8. Sun94°74°14%
  9. Mon95°76°16%
  10. Tue96°77°13%
  11. Wed98°77°5%
  12. Thu103°80°10%
  13. Fri96°81°2%
  14. Sat93°73°4%
  15. Sun90°71°6%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Fort Stockton

SPC includes Fort Stockton in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3NONENo severe risk

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Fort Stockton

  • 79735

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.