Storm Station
Richwood, Texas
79°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 79°·Light breeze 6 mph ENE
Mostly clear, with a low around 73. Wind around 0 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
72%Humidity
45%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Richwood, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Angleton/Lake JacksLBX

At an airfield/4.4 mi away/26 ft/13 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Lake Jackson 1.6 ETX-BRZ-32

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/16 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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FreeportDOWT2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/20 ft/7 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 9.2 mi from Richwood. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:28 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 67.2 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.2, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BZRT2FIG. B THE AIR AT BRAZORIA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.0 F, 67.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEBrazoria National Wildlife Refuge, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP BZRT2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BZRT2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (44 degrees) at 3 mph, gusting 4 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 5 mph.

Plan of the wind at Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, north up: blowing from 44 degrees, the northeast, at 3 miles an hour, gusting 4; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BZRT2FIG. C THE WIND AT BRAZORIA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 44°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBrazoria National Wildlife Refuge, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP BZRT2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BZRT2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 16 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.90 inHg and the temperature at 58.9 F; it reports 69.0 F, 10.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 16 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.90 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BZRT2FIG. D WHERE BRAZORIA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREBRAZORIA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT16 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.90 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED69.0 FTITLEBrazoria National Wildlife Refuge, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP BZRT2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BZRT2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Freeport (DOWT2), 5.7 miles from here, read 25 Sep, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in Texas

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Near Richwood

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.