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Ranchos Penitas West, Texas Weather

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

Ranchos Penitas West weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Ranchos Penitas West, TX
Saturday, July 4 at 10:14 PM
87
°
Clear
Feels like
92°
Humidity
68%
Wind
15 mph
Sunrise
1:47 AM
Sunset
3:38 PM
Ranchos Penitas West, TX
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastRanchos Penitas West, TX: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 78 to 98 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 78°H 98°
Ranchos Penitas West, TX
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    99°78°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    98°78°-1°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    99°77°+1°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    102°78°+3°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    103°77°+1°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    103°79°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Partly Cloudy
    102°78°-1°
Ranchos Penitas West, TX
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
107° · backing 22°
Direction
ESE
107°
Sustained
15
mph
Gust
30
mph
Peak 24h
31
avg 11
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 11 · pk 31 @ 11:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 3010SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Sustained 15 mph with gusts pulsing to 30 — flags snap, branches bend.
Ranchos Penitas West, TX
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
994.5
+1.0 mb in 3h · rising · 29.37 inHg
Now
994.5
mb
3h
+1.0
mb
12h
-3.8
mb
24h
-2.2
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 993998
9859909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW998.3993.4994.5
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Ranchos Penitas West, TX
Air quality
31
AQI
Good
+5 in 6h

AQI 31 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 5 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise).

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

PM 2.5Good
5.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
61μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.0 µg/m³ (AQI 28), ratio 0.69 with 15 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
Ranchos Penitas West, TX
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
50.2mi
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
03:14 UTC · Ranchos Penitas West, 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
03:14 UTC · Ranchos Penitas West, TX · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Ranchos Penitas West, TX
Satellite · infrared · animated
Ranchos Penitas West, TX
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Ranchos Penitas West, 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 51m
Sunset
3:38 PM
Civil dusk
9:05 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Ranchos Penitas West, TX
The moon
Waning Gibbous
76% illuminated
Moonrise
11:50 PM
Moonset
11:56 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Ranchos Penitas West, TX
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Ranchos Penitas West at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 1 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Ranchos Penitas West

  1. Sat99°78°1%
  2. Sun98°78°4%
  3. Mon99°77°2%
  4. Tue102°78°4%
  5. Wed103°77°4%
  6. Thu103°79°2%
  7. Fri102°78°4%
  8. Sat97°78°22%
  9. Sun98°78°16%
  10. Mon94°76°15%
  11. Tue102°75°14%
  12. Wed101°75°11%
  13. Thu103°77°3%
  14. Fri104°78°10%
  15. Sat103°77°11%
  16. Sun103°76°16%

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 Ranchos Penitas West

  • 78045

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.