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Fort Hancock, Texas Weather

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

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

Fort Hancock, TX
Thursday, June 4 at 11:12 PM
90
°
Clear
Feels like
88°
Humidity
26%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
5:59 AM
Sunset
8:04 PM
Fort Hancock, TX
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFort Hancock, TX: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 65 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 65°H 82°
Fort Hancock, TX
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    27%
    90°66°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Drizzle
    18%
    0.05″
    83°65°-7°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Light Drizzle
    14%
    0.02″
    93°62°+10°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    97°78°+4°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Clear
    101°78°+4°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Partly Cloudy
    100°81°-1°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Light Drizzle
    10%
    98°81°-2°
Fort Hancock, TX
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
N
357° · backing 23°
Direction
N
357°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
30
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 30 @ 8:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 245SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Fort Hancock, TX
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
894.0
-1.1 mb in 3h · falling · 26.40 inHg
Now
894.0
mb
3h
-1.1
mb
12h
-5.1
mb
24h
-4.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 892898
885890895900905-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW897.7891.9892.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Fort Hancock, TX
Air quality
40
AQI
Good
+12 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 43 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. AQI up 12 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). Levels should ease through evening.

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

PM 2.5Good
6.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
0μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
90μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
2.2

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 43 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 43
UV peak
1.9 at earlier today
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 43

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 6.8 µg/m³ (AQI 38) with a 0.70 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.70
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Fort Hancock, TX
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
10%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
138.4mi
UNLIMITED
139 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
23:12 UTC ·Fort Hancock, 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
23:12 UTC ·Fort Hancock, TX · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Fort Hancock, TX
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fort Hancock, TX
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fort Hancock, TX
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
11:32 AM
Sunrise
5:59 AM
Daylight
14h 05m
Sunset
8:04 PM
Civil dusk
2:33 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Fort Hancock, TX
The moon
Waning Gibbous
81% illuminated
Moonrise
5:08 AM
Moonset
3:31 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Fort Hancock, TX
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fort Hancock at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 6°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 23 (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 — Fort Hancock

SPC has placed Fort Hancock 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 Fort Hancock

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.