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Welch, Texas Weather

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

Welch, TX
Friday, June 5 at 6:25 AM
65
°
Overcast
Feels like
68°
Humidity
88%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
6:40 AM
Sunset
8:54 PM
Welch, TX
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastWelch, TX: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 65 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit with a 24% chance of precipitation at 4 PM.
L 65°H 87°
Welch, TX
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    24%
    87°65°
  2. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    25%
    86°63°-1°
  3. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Partly Cloudy
    12%
    96°70°+10°
  4. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    98°74°+2°
  5. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Clear
    92°73°-6°
  6. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Overcast
    93°71°+1°
  7. Thursday
    Jun 11
    Showers
    0.20″
    93°67°
Welch, TX
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
195° · backing 156°
Direction
SSW
195°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
18
avg 7
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 7 · pk 18 @ 7:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 293SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 156° from the ssw.
Welch, TX
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
905.0
-1.2 mb in 3h · falling · 26.72 inHg
Now
905.0
mb
3h
-1.2
mb
12h
-2.8
mb
24h
-4.8
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 904910
900905910915-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW909.8904.0904.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Welch, TX
Air quality
35
AQI
Good
-8 in 6h

AQI 35 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 8 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). Ozone at AQI 32 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 10 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Good
4.7μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
3μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
68μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 32 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 10 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 32
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 10

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 4.7 µg/m³ (AQI 26) with a 0.89 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.89
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Welch, TX
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
29.2mi
UNLIMITED
79 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
06:25 UTC ·Welch, 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
06:25 UTC ·Welch, TX · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Welch, TX
Satellite · infrared · animated
Welch, TX
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Welch, TX
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
11:13 AM
Sunrise
6:40 AM
Daylight
14h 14m
Sunset
8:54 PM
Civil dusk
2:23 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Welch, TX
The moon
Waning Gibbous
79% illuminated
Moonrise
5:33 AM
Moonset
4:13 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Welch, TX
Microseason
Jun 1–5

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Welch at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 17°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 5 (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 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.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Welch

SPC has placed Welch 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 Welch

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.