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Freeport

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

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Today

Tonight: Low 70° · 19% rain

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday: High 82° · 22% rain

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunrise / sunset
7:30 AM / 6:39 PM
Moonrise / moonset
7:45 PM / 9:09 AM
Moon
Waning Gibbous, 94%
Major period
1:00 AM–3:00 AM
Minor period
8:39 AM–9:39 AM
Major period
1:25 PM–3:25 PM
Minor period
7:15 PM–8:15 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Tue, Oct 27Wed, Oct 286 AM12 PM6 PMThu, Oct 296 AM12 PM6 PMclouds85% cloud cover88% cloud cover88% cloud cover89% cloud cover88% cloud cover87% cloud cover86% cloud cover85% cloud cover83% cloud cover85% cloud cover72% cloud cover73% cloud cover71% cloud cover70% cloud cover74% cloud cover72% cloud cover73% cloud cover65% cloud cover63% cloud cover65% cloud cover61% cloud cover54% cloud cover45% cloud cover35% cloud cover35% cloud cover35% cloud cover37% cloud cover37% cloud cover40% cloud cover37% cloud cover40% cloud cover41% cloud cover34% cloud cover39% cloud cover43% cloud cover42% cloud cover40% cloud cover40% cloud cover41% cloud cover36% cloud cover35% cloud cover36% cloud cover35% cloud cover39% cloud cover44% cloud cover38% cloud cover47% cloud cover63% cloud cover⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡55°60°65°70°75°80°85°73737272798079757271686978797873rain17% chance19% chance21% chance22% chance24% chance26% chance25% chance23% chance17% chance17% chance17% chance17% chance17% chance17% chance26% chance26% chance26% chance24% chance24% chance24% chance6% chance6% chance6% chance5% chance5% chance5% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chancewind01020mphE 6 mph, gusts 15ESE 5 mph, gusts 14ESE 3 mph, gusts 13ESE 5 mph, gusts 13ESE 5 mph, gusts 13ESE 7 mph, gusts 14ESE 10 mph, gusts 15E 12 mph, gusts 16E 13 mph, gusts 17E 12 mph, gusts 16E 7 mph, gusts 14E 6 mph, gusts 13ESE 5 mph, gusts 13ESE 2 mph, gusts 10ESE 2 mph, gusts 9E 2 mph, gusts 9E 3 mph, gusts 10E 5 mph, gusts 10E 9 mph, gusts 14E 12 mph, gusts 15E 12 mph, gusts 15E 10 mph, gusts 14E 6 mph, gusts 12E 5 mph, gusts 13
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Tue 11 PM73°73°71°94%85%17%–E 61510+ mi⚡
Wed 12 AM72°72°71°96%88%19%–E 61510+ mi⚡
Wed 1 AM73°73°71°93%88%21%–ESE 51410+ mi⚡
Wed 2 AM73°73°71°92%89%22%–ESE 51410+ mi⚡
Wed 3 AM72°72°71°95%88%24%–ESE 31310+ mi⚡
Wed 4 AM72°72°70°93%87%26%–ESE 31310+ mi⚡
Wed 5 AM72°72°70°93%86%25%–ESE 51310+ mi⚡
Wed 6 AM72°72°69°90%85%23%–ESE 51310+ mi⚡
Wed 7 AM71°71°69°93%83%17%–ESE 51310+ mi
Wed 8 AM72°72°70°93%85%17%–ESE 61310+ mi
Wed 9 AM74°74°70°88%72%17%–ESE 71410+ mi
Wed 10 AM78°78°69°75%73%17%–ESE 91410+ mi
Wed 11 AM79°79°68°70%71%17%–ESE 101510+ mi
Wed 12 PM79°82°68°68%70%17%–ESE 121610+ mi
Wed 1 PM80°82°67°65%74%26%–E 121610+ mi
Wed 2 PM80°82°67°65%72%26%–E 131710+ mi
Wed 3 PM80°82°67°66%73%26%–E 131710+ mi
Wed 4 PM80°83°67°64%65%24%–E 131710+ mi
Wed 5 PM79°79°67°67%63%24%–E 121610+ mi
Wed 6 PM78°78°66°67%65%24%–E 91510+ mi
Wed 7 PM77°77°66°69%61%6%–E 71410+ mi
Wed 8 PM75°75°66°74%54%6%–E 61410+ mi
Wed 9 PM74°74°66°76%45%6%–E 61310+ mi
Wed 10 PM72°72°65°79%35%5%–E 51310+ mi
Wed 11 PM72°72°65°79%35%5%–ESE 51310+ mi
Thu 12 AM71°71°65°81%35%5%–ESE 31210+ mi
Thu 1 AM70°70°65°84%37%2%–ESE 21010+ mi
Thu 2 AM71°71°65°81%37%2%–ESE 2910+ mi
Thu 3 AM70°70°64°81%40%2%–ESE 2910+ mi
Thu 4 AM68°68°64°86%37%2%–E 2810+ mi
Thu 5 AM68°68°64°87%40%2%–E 29–
Thu 6 AM68°68°64°87%41%2%–E 29–
Thu 7 AM66°66°64°92%34%3%–E 310–
Thu 8 AM69°69°65°87%39%3%–E 310–
Thu 9 AM72°72°66°83%43%3%–E 510–
Thu 10 AM77°77°66°69%42%3%–E 713–
Thu 11 AM78°78°65°64%40%3%–E 914–
Thu 12 PM79°81°64°60%40%3%–E 1015–
Thu 1 PM79°81°62°55%41%1%–E 1215–
Thu 2 PM79°81°62°55%36%1%–E 1215–
Thu 3 PM79°79°61°55%35%1%–E 1215–
Thu 4 PM79°81°61°53%36%1%–E 1015–
Thu 5 PM78°78°61°56%35%1%–E 1014–
Thu 6 PM76°76°61°59%39%1%–E 813–
Thu 7 PM75°75°61°61%44%0%–E 612–
Thu 8 PM73°73°61°66%38%0%–E 513–
Thu 9 PM72°72°61°69%47%0%–E 513–
Thu 10 PM71°71°61°71%63%0%–E 513–

7-day forecast

Today

Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

73° / 70°

19% rain

E 6–6 mph · gusts 15

⚡ Storms

Wed, Oct 28

Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

82° / 67°

26% rain

E 3–13 mph · gusts 17

⚡ Storms

Thu, Oct 29

Mostly Sunny

83° / 67°

5% rain

E 2–12 mph · gusts 15

Fri, Oct 30

Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

81° / 68°

26% rain · 0.05"

E 3–12 mph · gusts 16

⚡ Storms

Sat, Oct 31

Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

83° / 67°

38% rain · 0.01"

SE 1–6 mph · gusts 12

⚡ Storms

Sun, Nov 1

Mostly Sunny

83° / 68°

5% rain

E 0–7 mph · gusts 10

Mon, Nov 2

Mostly Sunny

82° / 68°

21% rain

S 2–12 mph · gusts 17

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Tonight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Wednesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
  • Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny. High near 83, with temperatures falling to around 80 in the afternoon. East wind around 10 mph.
  • Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. East wind around 10 mph.
  • Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Saturday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Saturday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.
  • Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 68.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.
  • Monday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 80.

Weather map

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Marine forecast

Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM

GMZ355 · 738 PM CDT Tue Oct 27 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.


GMZ350-355-281315-
Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out
20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
738 PM CDT Tue Oct 27 2026

.TONIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave
Detail: East 3 feet at 8 seconds. A slight chance of showers this
evening. A slight chance of showers with isolated thunderstorms 
after midnight. 
.WEDNESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave
Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. Isolated thunderstorms. A
chance of showers, mainly in the morning. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.THURSDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.FRIDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers in the
afternoon. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming southeast
around 10 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A chance of
showers. A chance of thunderstorms after midnight. 
.SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A chance
of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. 
.SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around
2 feet. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · September 2047

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
92% lit
↑ 6:05 PM
↓ 4:16 AM
★★★★c85
best
2
97% lit
↑ 6:40 PM
↓ 5:17 AM
★★★★c73
best
3
99% lit
↑ 7:12 PM
↓ 6:16 AM
★★★★c59
4
100% lit
↑ 7:43 PM
↓ 7:12 AM
★★★★c45
Full Moon · Corn Moon
Moon crosses the equator
5
98% lit
↑ 8:13 PM
↓ 8:08 AM
★★★☆c31
6
94% lit
↑ 8:44 PM
↓ 9:02 AM
★★★☆c36
7
89% lit
↑ 9:16 PM
↓ 9:56 AM
★★★☆c43
8
83% lit
↑ 9:51 PM
↓ 10:51 AM
★★★☆c52
9
75% lit
↑ 10:29 PM
↓ 11:45 AM
★★★★c58
Apogee · 404,978 km
10
67% lit
↑ 11:12 PM
↓ 12:40 PM
★★★★c61
11
57% lit
↑ 11:59 PM
↓ 1:33 PM
★☆☆☆c64
12
48% lit
↑ –
↓ 2:24 PM
★★★☆c68
Moon farthest north (24.7°)
Last Quarter
13
38% lit
↑ 12:52 AM
↓ 3:13 PM
★★★★c71
14
29% lit
↑ 1:48 AM
↓ 3:58 PM
★★★★c72
15
20% lit
↑ 2:47 AM
↓ 4:39 PM
★★★★c72
16
12% lit
↑ 3:49 AM
↓ 5:18 PM
★★★★c69
17
6% lit
↑ 4:51 AM
↓ 5:54 PM
★★★★c63
best
18
2% lit
↑ 5:55 AM
↓ 6:30 PM
★★★★c53
19
0% lit
↑ 7:00 AM
↓ 7:07 PM
★★★★c43
Moon crosses the equator
New Moon
20
1% lit
↑ 8:06 AM
↓ 7:45 PM
★★★★c63
best
21
6% lit
↑ 9:15 AM
↓ 8:26 PM
★★★★c81
Perigee · 361,859 km
best
22
12% lit
↑ 10:24 AM
↓ 9:13 PM
★★★★c100
23
21% lit
↑ 11:34 AM
↓ 10:05 PM
★★★★c103
24
31% lit
↑ 12:41 PM
↓ 11:02 PM
★★★★c104
25
42% lit
↑ 1:42 PM
↓ –
★★★☆c101
Moon farthest south (-25.2°)
26
54% lit
↑ 2:37 PM
↓ 12:04 AM
★☆☆☆c95
First Quarter
27
64% lit
↑ 3:24 PM
↓ 1:07 AM
★★★★c91
28
74% lit
↑ 4:05 PM
↓ 2:10 AM
★★★★c80
29
83% lit
↑ 4:41 PM
↓ 3:11 AM
★★★★c67
30
90% lit
↑ 5:14 PM
↓ 4:09 AM
★★★★c55

Lunar events this month

  • Wed, Sep 4 · 3:54 AM — Full Moon · Corn MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Wed, Sep 4 · 4:00 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, Sep 9 · 12:00 PM — Apogee · 404,978 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Thu, Sep 12 · 2:00 AM — Moon farthest north (24.7°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Thu, Sep 12 · 6:18 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Thu, Sep 19 · 1:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Thu, Sep 19 · 1:31 PM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Sat, Sep 21 · 10:00 AM — Perigee · 361,859 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Wed, Sep 25 · 9:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-25.2°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Thu, Sep 26 · 4:28 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.

Best fishing days

Sun, Sep 1 · Mon, Sep 2 · Tue, Sep 17 · Fri, Sep 20 · Sat, Sep 21

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

Moon distance

361,861 km closest · 404,978 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 Tue 11:16 PM.