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Freeport

28.950°, -95.360° · tides: Old Brazos River, Freeport

⚠ Flood Advisory · until Sun 7:45 AM

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Southeastern Brazoria County in southeastern Texas... East Central Matagorda County in southeastern Texas... * WHEN...Until 745 AM CST. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 537 AM CST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Tides are elevated, so drainage will be slower than normal. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Southeastern Lake Jackson, Freeport, Clute, Surfside Beach, Richwood, Jones Creek and Oyster Creek. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.

⚠ Wind Advisory · until Mon 3:00 PM

* WHAT...Northeast winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph expected. * WHERE...Coastal Jackson, Inland Jackson, Chambers, Coastal Brazoria, Coastal Galveston, Coastal Harris, Coastal Matagorda, Inland Brazoria, Inland Galveston, and Inland Matagorda Counties. * WHEN...From 9 AM Sunday to 3 PM CST Monday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

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Today

Overnight: Low 65° · 56% rain

A chance of rain showers before 3am, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy. Low around 65, with temperatures rising to around 68 overnight. Southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday: High 70° · 100% rain

Showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. High near 70, with temperatures falling to around 65 in the afternoon. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

Sunrise / sunset
6:44 AM / 5:27 PM
Moonrise / moonset
12:01 PM / 10:43 PM
Moon
Waxing Crescent, 32%
Major period
3:55 AM–5:55 AM
Minor period
11:31 AM–12:31 PM
Major period
4:25 PM–6:25 PM
Minor period
10:13 PM–11:13 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Sun, Nov 1512 PM6 PMMon, Nov 166 AM12 PM6 PMTue, Nov 17clouds79% cloud cover82% cloud cover84% cloud cover82% cloud cover78% cloud cover79% cloud cover74% cloud cover76% cloud cover82% cloud cover85% cloud cover84% cloud cover90% cloud cover81% cloud cover84% cloud cover72% cloud cover75% cloud cover76% cloud cover84% cloud cover82% cloud cover90% cloud cover88% cloud cover91% cloud cover90% cloud cover89% cloud cover89% cloud cover90% cloud cover84% cloud cover78% cloud cover75% cloud cover75% cloud cover78% cloud cover79% cloud cover79% cloud cover72% cloud cover74% cloud cover79% cloud cover71% cloud cover45% cloud cover49% cloud cover52% cloud cover50% cloud cover47% cloud cover45% cloud cover43% cloud cover40% cloud cover38% cloud cover36% cloud cover33% cloud cover⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡50°55°60°65°70°75°68686968646360585658606259575655rain64% chance, 0.10 in68% chance, 0.10 in64% chance, 0.10 in63% chance, 0.10 in66% chance, 0.10 in59% chance, 0.10 in77% chance, 0.13 in84% chance, 0.13 in91% chance, 0.13 in100% chance, 0.13 in100% chance, 0.13 in83% chance, 0.13 in78% chance, 0.11 in64% chance, 0.11 in50% chance, 0.11 in38% chance, 0.11 in31% chance, 0.11 in31% chance, 0.11 in31% chance, 0.02 in32% chance, 0.02 in36% chance, 0.02 in38% chance, 0.02 in39% chance, 0.02 in34% chance, 0.02 in16% chance, 0.01 in15% chance, 0.01 in28% chance, 0.01 in30% chance, 0.01 in14% chance, 0.01 in2% chance, 0.01 in17% chance13% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance0.100.100.100.130.130.130.110.110.11wind0102030mphESE 14 mph, gusts 23ESE 14 mph, gusts 22ESE 16 mph, gusts 23E 16 mph, gusts 23ESE 16 mph, gusts 22ESE 13 mph, gusts 18NE 20 mph, gusts 26NE 22 mph, gusts 32NE 22 mph, gusts 35ENE 21 mph, gusts 35NE 21 mph, gusts 36NE 22 mph, gusts 37NE 20 mph, gusts 31NE 21 mph, gusts 29NE 21 mph, gusts 28NE 20 mph, gusts 26NE 20 mph, gusts 25NE 17 mph, gusts 23NNE 15 mph, gusts 22NE 15 mph, gusts 23NE 13 mph, gusts 23NE 10 mph, gusts 21NE 10 mph, gusts 21NE 10 mph, gusts 21
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Sun 6 AM68°68°64°87%79%64%0.10"ESE 14236.0 mi⚡
Sun 7 AM67°67°65°93%82%68%0.10"ESE 14226.0 mi⚡
Sun 8 AM68°68°66°93%84%64%0.10"ESE 14226.0 mi⚡
Sun 9 AM68°68°67°97%82%63%0.10"E 14216.0 mi⚡
Sun 10 AM69°69°66°90%78%66%0.10"ESE 16236.0 mi⚡
Sun 11 AM69°69°67°93%79%59%0.10"ESE 17235.9 mi⚡
Sun 12 PM69°69°67°93%74%77%0.13"E 16233.9 mi⚡
Sun 1 PM68°68°67°97%76%84%0.13"ESE 15223.9 mi⚡
Sun 2 PM68°68°65°90%82%91%0.13"ESE 16222.9 mi⚡
Sun 3 PM68°68°66°93%85%100%0.13"SE 14202.9 mi⚡
Sun 4 PM67°67°65°93%84%100%0.13"ESE 13182.9 mi⚡
Sun 5 PM65°65°64°97%90%83%0.13"E 14212.9 mi⚡
Sun 6 PM64°64°62°93%81%78%0.11"NE 20263.9 mi⚡
Sun 7 PM63°63°62°97%84%64%0.11"NNE 21294.9 mi⚡
Sun 8 PM63°63°61°93%72%50%0.11"NE 22327.0 mi⚡
Sun 9 PM63°63°60°90%75%38%0.11"NE 22338.0 mi
Sun 10 PM63°63°61°93%76%31%0.11"NE 22358.0 mi
Sun 11 PM62°62°60°93%84%31%0.11"ENE 21357.0 mi
Mon 12 AM60°60°59°96%82%31%0.02"ENE 21357.0 mi
Mon 1 AM59°59°58°96%90%32%0.02"NE 21367.0 mi
Mon 2 AM59°59°57°93%88%36%0.02"NE 21368.0 mi
Mon 3 AM58°58°56°93%91%38%0.02"NE 21369.0 mi
Mon 4 AM58°58°56°93%90%39%0.02"NE 22379.0 mi
Mon 5 AM57°57°55°93%89%34%0.02"NNE 22369.0 mi
Mon 6 AM56°56°55°96%89%16%0.01"NE 203110+ mi
Mon 7 AM56°56°55°96%90%15%0.01"NNE 21317.9 mi
Mon 8 AM56°56°56°100%84%28%0.01"NE 21297.0 mi
Mon 9 AM58°58°58°100%78%30%0.01"NE 20287.0 mi
Mon 10 AM59°59°56°90%75%14%0.01"NE 2128–
Mon 11 AM60°60°55°84%75%2%0.01"NE 2028–
Mon 12 PM60°60°55°84%78%0%–NE 2026–
Mon 1 PM61°61°53°75%79%0%–NE 2026–
Mon 2 PM61°61°53°75%79%0%–NE 2025–
Mon 3 PM62°62°53°72%72%0%–NE 1724–
Mon 4 PM61°61°53°75%74%17%–NE 1723–
Mon 5 PM61°61°53°75%79%13%–NNE 1622–
Mon 6 PM59°59°56°90%71%3%–NNE 1522–
Mon 7 PM58°58°55°90%45%3%–NNE 1522–
Mon 8 PM57°57°54°90%49%3%–NE 1523–
Mon 9 PM57°57°54°90%52%3%–NE 1423–
Mon 10 PM57°57°54°90%50%3%–NE 1323–
Mon 11 PM56°56°54°93%47%3%–NE 1222–
Tue 12 AM56°56°54°93%45%2%–NE 1021–
Tue 1 AM56°56°54°93%43%2%–NE 1021–
Tue 2 AM56°56°54°93%40%2%–NE 1021–
Tue 3 AM55°55°54°96%38%2%–NE 1021–
Tue 4 AM55°55°54°96%36%2%–NE 1021–
Tue 5 AM54°54°54°100%33%2%–NE 1222–

7-day forecast

Today

Showers And Thunderstorms

70° / 65°

100% rain · 2.04"

E 13–22 mph · gusts 35

⚡ Storms

Mon, Nov 16

Chance Rain Showers

62° / 54°

39% rain · 0.18"

NE 12–22 mph · gusts 37

Tue, Nov 17

Mostly Sunny

67° / 60°

4% rain

NE 9–15 mph · gusts 22

Wed, Nov 18

Partly Sunny

73° / 65°

9% rain

E 8–15 mph · gusts 21

Thu, Nov 19

Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers

74° / 64°

15% rain

E 8–14 mph · gusts 20

Fri, Nov 20

Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny

74° / 66°

15% rain

E 7–14 mph · gusts 18

Sat, Nov 21

Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers

76° / 67°

16% rain

SE 3–10 mph · gusts 16

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Overnight: A chance of rain showers before 3am, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy. Low around 65, with temperatures rising to around 68 overnight. Southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
  • Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. High near 70, with temperatures falling to around 65 in the afternoon. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
  • Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. Low around 54, with temperatures rising to around 57 overnight. Northeast wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
  • Monday: A chance of rain showers before 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67.
  • Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 73.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65.
  • Thursday: A slight chance of rain showers after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64.
  • Friday: A slight chance of rain showers before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 66.
  • Saturday: A slight chance of rain showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.

Weather map

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Marine forecast

Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM

GMZ355 · 533 AM CST Sun Nov 15 2026

Upper Texas coastal waters from High Island to the Matagorda Ship
Channel out 60 nautical miles including Galveston and Matagorda
Bays.

Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest
1/3 of the waves...along with the occasional height of the
average highest 10 percent of the waves.


GMZ355-160030-
Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
533 AM CST Sun Nov 15 2026

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...East winds around 30 knots with gusts to around 40 knots.
Seas 6 to 9 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. Wave Detail: 
Southeast 8 feet at 7 seconds. Showers and thunderstorms. 
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 30 to 35 knots with gusts to 40 knots.
Seas 7 to 9 feet, occasionally to 11 feet, building to 8 to 11 
feet, occasionally to 14 feet after midnight. Wave Detail: 
Southeast 8 feet at 7 seconds. Showers likely with isolated 
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers after 
midnight. 
.MONDAY...Northeast winds around 30 knots. Seas 8 to 11 feet,
occasionally to 14 feet. A chance of showers in the morning. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to
30 knots. Seas 6 to 9 feet, occasionally to 11 feet. Wave Detail:
Northeast 6 feet at 6 seconds. 
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots, diminishing to around
20 knots in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to
9 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 7 seconds. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to
25 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. 
.WEDNESDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet,
occasionally to 8 feet. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet,
occasionally to 8 feet. 
.THURSDAY...East winds around 15 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet,
occasionally to 8 feet. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds around 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · June 1944

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
75% lit
↑ 3:37 PM
↓ 3:16 AM
★★☆☆c36
Moon crosses the equator
2
83% lit
↑ 4:31 PM
↓ 3:48 AM
★★★☆c50
3
90% lit
↑ 5:26 PM
↓ 4:21 AM
★★★★c64
4
95% lit
↑ 6:24 PM
↓ 4:57 AM
★★★★c76
5
98% lit
↑ 7:23 PM
↓ 5:36 AM
★★★★c86
best
6
100% lit
↑ 8:24 PM
↓ 6:20 AM
★★★★c93
Full Moon · Strawberry Moon
best
7
99% lit
↑ 9:25 PM
↓ 7:09 AM
★★★★c97
best
8
95% lit
↑ 10:23 PM
↓ 8:05 AM
★★★★c97
Moon farthest south (-21.8°)
9
90% lit
↑ 11:18 PM
↓ 9:05 AM
★★★★c96
10
82% lit
↑ –
↓ 10:08 AM
★☆☆☆c93
11
72% lit
↑ 12:08 AM
↓ 11:13 AM
★★★★c88
Perigee · 369,111 km
12
61% lit
↑ 12:54 AM
↓ 12:18 PM
★★★☆c77
13
50% lit
↑ 1:36 AM
↓ 1:22 PM
★★★☆c63
Last Quarter
14
38% lit
↑ 2:15 AM
↓ 2:24 PM
★★☆☆c43
Moon crosses the equator
15
28% lit
↑ 2:53 AM
↓ 3:27 PM
★★★☆c51
16
18% lit
↑ 3:31 AM
↓ 4:29 PM
★★★★c68
17
10% lit
↑ 4:11 AM
↓ 5:30 PM
★★★★c81
18
5% lit
↑ 4:52 AM
↓ 6:32 PM
★★★★c89
19
1% lit
↑ 5:37 AM
↓ 7:31 PM
★★★★c92
best
20
0% lit
↑ 6:25 AM
↓ 8:28 PM
★★★★c92
New Moon
best
21
1% lit
↑ 7:16 AM
↓ 9:22 PM
★★★★c91
Moon farthest north (20.9°)
22
4% lit
↑ 8:09 AM
↓ 10:10 PM
★★★★c86
23
9% lit
↑ 9:04 AM
↓ 10:54 PM
★★★★c80
24
15% lit
↑ 9:58 AM
↓ 11:34 PM
★☆☆☆c74
25
23% lit
↑ 10:51 AM
↓ –
★★★★c69
26
31% lit
↑ 11:44 AM
↓ 12:10 AM
★★★★c61
Apogee · 404,488 km
27
40% lit
↑ 12:36 PM
↓ 12:43 AM
★★☆☆c51
28
50% lit
↑ 1:28 PM
↓ 1:15 AM
★★☆☆c39
First Quarter
Moon crosses the equator
29
60% lit
↑ 2:20 PM
↓ 1:47 AM
★★☆☆c34
30
69% lit
↑ 3:14 PM
↓ 2:19 AM
★★☆☆c46

Lunar events this month

  • Thu, Jun 1 · 2:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Tue, Jun 6 · 1:57 PM — Full Moon · Strawberry MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Thu, Jun 8 · 12:00 PM — Moon farthest south (-21.8°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Sun, Jun 11 · 7:00 PM — Perigee · 369,111 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Tue, Jun 13 · 10:56 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Wed, Jun 14 · 5:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Tue, Jun 20 · 11:59 AM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Wed, Jun 21 · 9:00 AM — Moon farthest north (20.9°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Mon, Jun 26 · 7:00 PM — Apogee · 404,488 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Wed, Jun 28 · 12:26 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Wed, Jun 28 · 9:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.

Best fishing days

Mon, Jun 5 · Tue, Jun 6 · Wed, Jun 7 · Mon, Jun 19 · Tue, Jun 20

Ranked by moon phase and tidal range at the nearest tide station (the stars). Wind and fronts can override the moon.

Moon distance

369,141 km closest · 404,430 km farthest

Reading the calendar: ↑ moonrise and ↓ moonset are local times. Stars are the solunar rating; “c” is the tide coefficient (20–120). Moon overhead and underfoot times are the major feeding periods, and moonrise and moonset are the minor ones; see each day on the tide pages.
Tide chart for Old Brazos River, FreeportSurf report: Quintana & Bryan BeachOffshore conditionsLive cams

Forecasts, alerts and marine forecasts: National Weather Service. Current conditions: NWS observations and NOAA tide-station sensors. Map stations: Iowa Environmental Mesonet (airports), NOAA CO-OPS, NOAA NDBC. Radar: NEXRAD via IEM. Satellite: GOES-East via NASA GIBS. Tropical: National Hurricane Center. Moon and sun times are calculated for this location. Forecast grid updated Sun 12:21 AM.