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Palacios, Texas Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Palacios, TX
Saturday, July 4 at 8:14 AM
84
°
Clear
Feels like
94°
Humidity
83%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
1:31 AM
Sunset
3:26 PM
Palacios, TX
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPalacios, TX: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 79 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 79°H 90°
Palacios, TX
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    90°81°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    89°79°-1°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    92°79°+3°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Mostly Clear
    93°79°+1°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    92°79°-1°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    91°81°-1°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    92°80°+1°
Palacios, TX
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
215° · veering 32°
Direction
SW
215°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 9
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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 9 · pk 17 @ 10:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 181SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 32° from the sw.
Palacios, TX
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1016.4
+1.9 mb in 3h · rising · 30.01 inHg
Now
1016.4
mb
3h
+1.9
mb
12h
+1.8
mb
24h
-0.3
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10141017
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1017.01014.41016.4
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair and building — a clean high settles over the region.
Palacios, TX
Air quality
30
AQI
Good
-8 in 6h

AQI 30 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 8 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 5.1 µg/m³ (AQI 28) with a 0.65 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
5.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
8μg/m³
NO₂Good
3μg/m³
OzoneGood
40μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.7

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.1 µg/m³ (AQI 28) with a 0.65 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.65
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Palacios, TX
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
34.2mi
UNLIMITED
59 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
13:14 UTC · Palacios, 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
13:14 UTC · Palacios, TX · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Palacios, TX
Satellite · infrared · animated
Palacios, TX
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Palacios, TX
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
6:05 AM
Sunrise
1:31 AM
Daylight
13h 55m
Sunset
3:26 PM
Civil dusk
8:54 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Palacios, TX
The moon
Waning Gibbous
81% illuminated
Moonrise
11:06 PM
Moonset
10:43 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Palacios, TX
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Palacios at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 84°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: February 7 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 77465

16-Day Forecast — Palacios

  1. Sat90°81°1%
  2. Sun89°79°2%
  3. Mon92°79°4%
  4. Tue93°79°7%
  5. Wed92°79°1%
  6. Thu91°81°3%
  7. Fri92°80°5%
  8. Sat92°80°10%
  9. Sun94°79°13%
  10. Mon93°79°14%
  11. Tue94°80°9%
  12. Wed93°80°23%
  13. Thu90°82°27%
  14. Fri88°81°27%
  15. Sat91°80°23%
  16. Sun92°80°35%

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

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, 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 — Palacios

SPC includes Palacios in the general thunderstorm area day after tomorrow — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

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 Palacios

  • 77465

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.