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Freeport

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

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Today

Veterans Day: High 75° · 63% rain

Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy. High near 75, with temperatures falling to around 72 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Low 60° · 6% rain

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. North wind 0 to 5 mph.

Sunrise / sunset
6:41 AM / 5:29 PM
Moonrise / moonset
9:01 AM / 7:04 PM
Moon
Waxing Crescent, 5%
Major period
12:35 AM–2:35 AM
Minor period
8:31 AM–9:31 AM
Major period
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Minor period
6:34 PM–7:34 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Wed, Nov 1112 PM6 PMThu, Nov 126 AM12 PM6 PMFri, Nov 136 AMclouds81% cloud cover78% cloud cover80% cloud cover84% cloud cover83% cloud cover83% cloud cover81% cloud cover84% cloud cover82% cloud cover89% cloud cover90% cloud cover86% cloud cover89% cloud cover80% cloud cover78% cloud cover66% cloud cover75% cloud cover72% cloud cover77% cloud cover85% cloud cover78% cloud cover78% cloud cover76% cloud cover76% cloud cover71% cloud cover68% cloud cover68% cloud cover65% cloud cover59% cloud cover70% cloud cover60% cloud cover59% cloud cover51% cloud cover56% cloud cover57% cloud cover35% cloud cover29% cloud cover23% cloud cover18% cloud cover14% cloud cover9% cloud cover8% cloud cover6% cloud cover5% cloud cover5% cloud cover5% cloud cover5% cloud cover4% cloud cover⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡45°50°55°60°65°70°75°80°64737572686562606273767166595653rain63% chance, 0.01 in58% chance, 0.01 in56% chance, 0.01 in47% chance, 0.01 in40% chance39% chance37% chance37% chance25% chance25% chance6% chance2% chance1% chance1% chance4% chance4% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chancewind01020mphNE 7 mph, gusts 7ENE 8 mph, gusts 8ENE 8 mph, gusts 8ENE 8 mph, gusts 8NE 7 mph, gusts 7NNE 5 mph, gusts 5N 3 mph, gusts 3N 2 mph, gusts 2N 2 mph, gusts 2NNW 2 mph, gusts 2NNW 5 mph, gusts 5N 7 mph, gusts 7N 8 mph, gusts 8N 12 mph, gusts 14NNE 10 mph, gusts 13NNE 9 mph, gusts 9N 8 mph, gusts 8N 3 mph, gusts 8N 2 mph, gusts 9N 2 mph, gusts 9N 2 mph, gusts 9N 3 mph, gusts 10N 3 mph, gusts 10NNE 3 mph, gusts 12
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Wed 8 AM64°64°64°100%81%63%0.01"NE 775.2 mi⚡
Wed 9 AM69°69°67°93%78%58%0.01"NE 775.4 mi⚡
Wed 10 AM71°71°67°87%80%56%0.01"ENE 885.7 mi⚡
Wed 11 AM73°73°67°81%84%47%0.01"ENE 777.0 mi⚡
Wed 12 PM73°73°67°81%83%40%–ENE 887.1 mi⚡
Wed 1 PM75°75°67°76%83%39%–ENE 887.2 mi⚡
Wed 2 PM75°75°67°76%81%37%–ENE 888.3 mi⚡
Wed 3 PM73°73°68°84%84%37%–NE 778.5 mi⚡
Wed 4 PM73°73°67°81%82%25%–NE 778.7 mi⚡
Wed 5 PM72°72°67°84%89%25%–NE 668.1 mi⚡
Wed 6 PM72°72°67°84%90%6%–NNE 558.4 mi
Wed 7 PM72°72°67°84%86%2%–NNE 558.3 mi
Wed 8 PM68°68°67°97%89%1%–N 338.5 mi
Wed 9 PM67°67°66°97%80%1%–N 228.7 mi
Wed 10 PM65°65°65°100%78%4%–N 228.3 mi
Wed 11 PM65°65°65°100%66%4%–N 227.8 mi
Thu 12 AM63°63°63°100%75%2%–N 227.8 mi
Thu 1 AM63°63°63°100%72%2%–N 337.0 mi
Thu 2 AM62°62°62°100%77%2%–NNW 227.0 mi
Thu 3 AM62°62°62°100%85%2%–NNW 337.0 mi
Thu 4 AM62°62°62°100%78%2%–NNW 557.0 mi
Thu 5 AM60°60°60°100%78%2%–NNW 667.4 mi
Thu 6 AM60°60°60°100%76%0%–N 778.0 mi
Thu 7 AM60°60°60°100%76%0%–N 888.7 mi
Thu 8 AM62°62°62°100%71%0%–N 889.3 mi
Thu 9 AM66°66°62°87%68%0%–N 101310+ mi
Thu 10 AM71°71°61°71%68%0%–N 121410+ mi
Thu 11 AM73°73°60°64%65%0%–NNE 121410+ mi
Thu 12 PM74°74°59°59%59%0%–NNE 101310+ mi
Thu 1 PM76°76°58°54%70%0%–NNE 101310+ mi
Thu 2 PM76°76°57°52%60%0%–NNE 9910+ mi
Thu 3 PM76°76°57°52%59%0%–N 8810+ mi
Thu 4 PM73°73°56°55%51%0%–N 88–
Thu 5 PM71°71°57°61%56%0%–N 55–
Thu 6 PM70°70°57°63%57%0%–N 38–
Thu 7 PM68°68°57°68%35%0%–N 29–
Thu 8 PM66°66°56°70%29%0%–N 29–
Thu 9 PM63°63°56°78%23%0%–N 29–
Thu 10 PM61°61°55°81%18%0%–N 29–
Thu 11 PM59°59°54°83%14%0%–N 29–
Fri 12 AM58°58°54°87%9%0%–N 29–
Fri 1 AM57°57°53°86%8%0%–N 29–
Fri 2 AM56°56°52°86%6%0%–N 310–
Fri 3 AM55°55°52°90%5%0%–N 310–
Fri 4 AM54°54°51°90%5%0%–N 310–
Fri 5 AM53°53°51°93%5%0%–NNE 312–
Fri 6 AM54°54°52°93%5%0%–NNE 312–
Fri 7 AM57°57°52°83%4%0%–NNE 310–

7-day forecast

Today

Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

75° / 60°

63% rain · 0.04"

NE 2–8 mph · gusts 8

⚡ Storms

Thu, Nov 12

Partly Sunny

76° / 53°

2% rain

N 2–12 mph · gusts 14

Fri, Nov 13

Sunny

76° / 59°

Dry

E 1–7 mph · gusts 12

Sat, Nov 14

Mostly Sunny

75° / 63°

38% rain · 0.12"

E 1–18 mph · gusts 24

⚡ Storms

Sun, Nov 15

Chance Rain Showers

75° / 61°

58% rain · 0.48"

E 12–20 mph · gusts 25

⚡ Storms

Mon, Nov 16

Chance Rain Showers

71° / 55°

58% rain · 0.54"

NE 10–15 mph · gusts 21

Tue, Nov 17

Mostly Sunny

68° / 57°

3% rain

NE 6–13 mph · gusts 20

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Veterans Day: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy. High near 75, with temperatures falling to around 72 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
  • Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. North wind 0 to 5 mph.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny. High near 76, with temperatures falling to around 71 in the afternoon. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
  • Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53. North wind 0 to 5 mph.
  • Friday: Sunny. High near 76, with temperatures falling to around 70 in the afternoon. East wind around 5 mph.
  • Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.
  • Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
  • Sunday: A chance of rain showers before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
  • Sunday Night: Rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
  • Monday: A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 71. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
  • Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 57.

Weather map

Live readings from nearby stations, radar, clouds, warnings, and storms. Tap a station for details.

Marine forecast

Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM

GMZ355 · 554 AM CST Wed Nov 11 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.


GMZ355-120015-
Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
554 AM CST Wed Nov 11 2026

.TODAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to around
10 knots this afternoon. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East
1 foot at 4 seconds. A chance of showers this morning and 
afternoon. 
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots, becoming north 10 to
15 knots after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: North
1 foot at 2 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. 
.THURSDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots.
Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: North 2 feet at 3 seconds and
southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds. 
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming east around
10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail:
Northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds around 10 knots, increasing to 10 to
15 knots after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: East
1 foot at 3 seconds. 
.SATURDAY...East winds around 20 knots, increasing to 20 to
25 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 feet, building to 4 to
6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet in the afternoon. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 8 feet,
occasionally to 10 feet. A chance of showers in the evening. 
.SUNDAY...East winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 8 feet,
occasionally to 10 feet. A chance of showers. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet,
occasionally to 9 feet. A chance of showers in the evening, then
showers likely after midnight. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · August 1970

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
0% lit
↑ 6:03 AM
↓ 8:07 PM
★★★★c81
best
2
0% lit
↑ 6:59 AM
↓ 8:40 PM
★★★★c76
New Moon
best
3
2% lit
↑ 7:54 AM
↓ 9:09 PM
★★★★c70
Apogee · 406,358 km
4
5% lit
↑ 8:48 AM
↓ 9:36 PM
★★★★c61
5
10% lit
↑ 9:40 AM
↓ 10:02 PM
★★☆☆c50
Moon crosses the equator
6
17% lit
↑ 10:32 AM
↓ 10:28 PM
★★☆☆c37
7
25% lit
↑ 11:26 AM
↓ 10:56 PM
★★☆☆c27
8
34% lit
↑ 12:21 PM
↓ 11:26 PM
★★☆☆c47
9
43% lit
↑ 1:19 PM
↓ –
★☆☆☆c54
10
54% lit
↑ 2:21 PM
↓ 12:01 AM
★★★☆c69
First Quarter
11
64% lit
↑ 3:25 PM
↓ 12:43 AM
★★★★c82
12
74% lit
↑ 4:30 PM
↓ 1:32 AM
★★★★c92
Moon farthest south (-27.9°)
13
84% lit
↑ 5:31 PM
↓ 2:31 AM
★★★★c99
14
91% lit
↑ 6:27 PM
↓ 3:38 AM
★★★★c103
15
97% lit
↑ 7:16 PM
↓ 4:51 AM
★★★★c102
16
100% lit
↑ 7:58 PM
↓ 6:05 AM
★★★★c98
Full Moon · Sturgeon Moon (supermoon)
best
17
99% lit
↑ 8:36 PM
↓ 7:17 AM
★★★★c88
Perigee · 357,064 km
best
18
96% lit
↑ 9:11 PM
↓ 8:27 AM
★★★★c72
19
90% lit
↑ 9:44 PM
↓ 9:35 AM
★★★☆c53
Moon crosses the equator
20
82% lit
↑ 10:19 PM
↓ 10:41 AM
★★★☆c49
21
73% lit
↑ 10:55 PM
↓ 11:47 AM
★★★★c67
22
62% lit
↑ 11:35 PM
↓ 12:52 PM
★★★★c75
23
52% lit
↑ –
↓ 1:56 PM
★☆☆☆c79
Last Quarter
24
41% lit
↑ 12:20 AM
↓ 2:58 PM
★★★☆c82
25
32% lit
↑ 1:10 AM
↓ 3:55 PM
★★★★c82
Moon farthest north (28.3°)
26
23% lit
↑ 2:03 AM
↓ 4:46 PM
★★★★c81
27
15% lit
↑ 3:00 AM
↓ 5:30 PM
★★★★c78
28
9% lit
↑ 3:57 AM
↓ 6:09 PM
★★★★c74
29
4% lit
↑ 4:54 AM
↓ 6:42 PM
★★★★c70
30
1% lit
↑ 5:49 AM
↓ 7:12 PM
★★★★c65
Apogee · 406,442 km
best
31
0% lit
↑ 6:43 AM
↓ 7:40 PM
★★★★c58
New Moon

Lunar events this month

  • Sun, Aug 2 · 12:58 AM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Mon, Aug 3 · 5:00 PM — Apogee · 406,358 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Wed, Aug 5 · 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.
  • Mon, Aug 10 · 3:50 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Wed, Aug 12 · 9:00 PM — Moon farthest south (-27.9°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Sun, Aug 16 · 10:15 PM — Full Moon · Sturgeon Moon (supermoon)Moon is near perigee at the same time: perigean spring tides. Expect extra-high highs, extra-low lows, and strong current at the passes.
  • Mon, Aug 17 · 2:00 AM — Perigee · 357,064 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Wed, Aug 19 · 3:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Sun, Aug 23 · 3:34 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Tue, Aug 25 · 7:00 PM — Moon farthest north (28.3°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Sun, Aug 30 · 8:00 PM — Apogee · 406,442 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Mon, Aug 31 · 5:01 PM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.

Best fishing days

Sat, Aug 1 · Sun, Aug 2 · Sun, Aug 16 · Mon, Aug 17 · Sun, Aug 30

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

Moon distance

357,247 km closest · 406,403 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 Wed 6:20 AM.