La Ward, Texas Weather
Heat settles and the rain begins. Day 91 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
La Ward weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 18Thunderstorm——88°80°—
- FridayJun 19Thunderstorm——88°81°0°
- SaturdayJun 20T-storm w/ Hvy Hail18%—89°78°+1°
- SundayJun 21Thunderstorm16%—89°79°0°
- MondayJun 22Thunderstorm——90°79°+1°
- TuesdayJun 23Thunderstorm——90°77°0°
- WednesdayJun 24Thunderstorm——93°76°+3°
AQI 36 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). PM2.5 at 14.8 µg/m³ (AQI 62) with a 0.79 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 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.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 41 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 13 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 41
- UV peak
- 3.3 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 13
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 14.8 µg/m³ (AQI 62) with a 0.79 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.79
- Wind
- calm
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
Cut your thistles before St. John, you will have two instead of one.
- Moonrise
- 10:08 AM
- Moonset
- 11:16 PM
- In sign
- ♌︎ Leo
Heat settles and the rain begins
La Ward at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 6°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: February 8 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jun 16–20
- Planting window: Stake and prune tomato suckers. Watch for squash vine borers.
15-Day Forecast — La Ward
- Thu88°80°2%
- Fri88°81°3%
- Sat89°78°18%
- Sun89°79°16%
- Mon90°79°1%
- Tue90°77°5%
- Wed93°76°3%
- Thu90°77°4%
- Fri90°76°4%
- Sat90°76°1%
- Sun91°77°12%
- Mon90°77°13%
- Tue93°76°20%
- Wed90°76°20%
- Thu84°76°17%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of June 18, 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 — La Ward
SPC has placed La Ward in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.
- TODAYNONENo severe risk
- TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- 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 La Ward
- 77970