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Baytown, Texas Weather

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias. Day 77 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Baytown, TX
Thursday, June 4 at 6:21 AM
72
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
79°
Humidity
93%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
6:19 AM
Sunset
8:17 PM
Baytown, TX
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBaytown, TX: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 71 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit with a 47% chance of precipitation at 4 AM.
L 71°H 82°
Baytown, TX
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Heavy Rain
    47%
    1.9″
    82°71°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Heavy Showers
    40%
    0.57″
    83°75°+1°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Heavy Drizzle
    22%
    86°74°+3°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Drizzle
    23%
    87°77°+1°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    15%
    87°78°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    88°78°+1°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Overcast
    10%
    88°75°
Baytown, TX
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ENE
074° · veering 21°
Direction
ENE
074°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
15
mph
Peak 24h
24
avg 6
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 6 · pk 24 @ 11:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 228SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 21° from the ene.
Baytown, TX
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1015.8
-0.3 mb in 3h · steady · 30.00 inHg
Now
1015.8
mb
3h
-0.3
mb
12h
+1.2
mb
24h
+0.6
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10141017
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1016.61014.41015.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Baytown, TX
Air quality
34
AQI
Good
-5 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 31. AQI down 5 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~84%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

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
3μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
66μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 31. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~84%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 31
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 7

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.0 µg/m³ (AQI 28) with a 0.74 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.74
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Baytown, TX
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
42%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
26.1mi
UNLIMITED
47 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
06:21 UTC ·Baytown, TX · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
06:21 UTC ·Baytown, TX · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Baytown, TX
Satellite · infrared · animated
Baytown, TX
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Baytown, TX
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
10:53 AM
Sunrise
6:19 AM
Daylight
13h 58m
Sunset
8:17 PM
Civil dusk
1:45 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Baytown, TX
The moon
Waning Gibbous
86% illuminated
Moonrise
4:20 AM
Moonset
2:50 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Baytown, TX
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Baytown at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 13°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 14 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 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 — Baytown

SPC has placed Baytown in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • 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 Baytown

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.