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La Puerta, Texas Weather

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

La Puerta weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

La Puerta, TX
Saturday, July 4 at 11:38 PM
83
°
Clear
Feels like
87°
Humidity
73%
Wind
14 mph
Sunrise
1:47 AM
Sunset
3:31 PM
La Puerta, TX
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLa Puerta, TX: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 78 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 78°H 100°
La Puerta, TX
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Mostly Clear
    100°79°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    100°78°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    11%
    100°78°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    104°79°+4°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    104°79°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    101°79°-3°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    14%
    101°79°
La Puerta, TX
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SE
131° · steady
Direction
SE
131°
Sustained
14
mph
Gust
27
mph
Peak 24h
28
avg 12
Beaufort · 4 · MOD 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 12 · pk 28 @ 10:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2815SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Sustained 14 mph with gusts pulsing to 27 — flags snap, branches bend.
La Puerta, TX
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1008.5
+2.5 mb in 3h · rising rapidly · 29.78 inHg
Now
1008.5
mb
3h
+2.5
mb
12h
-1.4
mb
24h
-1.1
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10051010
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1009.71005.11008.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure climbing out of the rain band — clearing edging in.
La Puerta, TX
Air quality
28
AQI
Good
0 in 6h

AQI 28 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 8.3 µg/m³ (AQI 46), ratio 0.69 with 14 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
8.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
12μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneGood
46μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.3 µg/m³ (AQI 46), ratio 0.69 with 14 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.

PM2.5/PM10
0.69
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
transport
La Puerta, TX
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
42.6mi
UNLIMITED
117 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
04:38 UTC · La Puerta, 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
04:38 UTC · La Puerta, TX · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
La Puerta, TX
Satellite · infrared · animated
La Puerta, TX
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
La Puerta, TX
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
6:22 AM
Sunrise
1:47 AM
Daylight
13h 44m
Sunset
3:31 PM
Civil dusk
8:58 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
La Puerta, TX
The moon
Waning Gibbous
76% illuminated
Moonrise
11:46 PM
Moonset
11:53 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
La Puerta, TX
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

La Puerta at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 83°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: January 24 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — La Puerta

  1. Sat100°79°0%
  2. Sun100°78°1%
  3. Mon100°78°11%
  4. Tue104°79°3%
  5. Wed104°79°4%
  6. Thu101°79°4%
  7. Fri101°79°14%
  8. Sat98°80°19%
  9. Sun101°80°17%
  10. Mon91°79°25%
  11. Tue102°75°19%
  12. Wed102°77°6%
  13. Thu103°76°4%
  14. Fri104°78°11%
  15. Sat102°79°13%
  16. Sun103°79°10%

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.

ZIP codes in La Puerta

  • 78582

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.