Temperature
44 F at 4 AM; 62 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 44 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 44F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 62F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 44F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, Texas
Medium airport in Potter County, Texas* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 possible. * WHERE...Portions of the Panhandle of Oklahoma and the Panhandle of Texas. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
45°
55°/42°
Clear·
Feels like 38°·Moderate breeze 16 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport is 45° and clear at 5 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 77°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 21 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:21 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
70%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
45feels38
16mph
Today
Oct 16
5542
26mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6132
13mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6637
21mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7346
17mph
Tue
Oct 20
7452
11%
18mph
Wed
Oct 21
7756
16mph
Thu
Oct 22
7759
28%
18mph
45°
55°42°
61°32°
66°37°
73°46°
74°52°
77°56°
77°59°
As of 5:00 AM in Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Amarillo (TX), 7 miles off.
22Good
- Ozone22Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.
GoodModerate
- 22YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.47 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.47in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- AMA
- ICAO
- KAMA
- IATA
- AMA
- Field elevation
- 3,607 ft
- Serves
- Amarillo
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- AMA
- Wind now
- From 360° at 15 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 13,502 ft | 200 ft | Concrete | 46° / 226° | 10 mph head, on 04 | 11 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 7,901 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 137° / 317° | 11 mph head, on 31 | 10 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Amarillo - Rick Husband Intl (AMA), Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 35 F, the air 70% saturated; the humidity ran from 50% at 4 PM Thursday to 96% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 35F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 70%
- Humidity, range
- 50 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
16 mph from the north at 5 AM; at its strongest 29 mph, 8 PM Thursday, with a gust of 47 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 16mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 29mph
- 8 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 47mph
- 7 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.62 inHg at 5 AM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.55 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.62inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.55inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 8 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 16 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 16
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Amarillo - Rick Husband IntlAMA
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/3,606 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Bushland #1 ScanBUST2
At a river or reservoir gauge/22.5 mi away/3,820 ft/213 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Bushland #1S2006
At a soil climate station/22.5 mi away/3,820 ft/213 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Amarillo 7ENEAMOT2
At a cooperative observer's station/0.9 mi away/3,609 ft/2 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Amarillo 2.3 NETX-PT-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/3,658 ft/51 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Palisadesvillage, 12 mi
- Timbercreek Canyonvillage, 13 mi
- Bishop Hillstown, 14 mi
- Rockwell Placecommunity, 16 mi
- Bushlandcommunity, 20 mi
- Panhandletown, 20 mi
- Canyoncity, 20 mi
- Claudecity, 21 mi
- Wildoradocommunity, 28 mi
Airports near Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport
- Hutchinson County AirportBGD, 38 mi
- Hereford Municipal AirportHRX, 43 mi
- Moore County AirportDUX, 47 mi
- Perry Lefors FieldPPA, 48 mi
- Hale County AirportPVW, 73 mi
- Dalhart Municipal AirportDHT, 73 mi
- Spearman Municipal AirportE42, 75 mi
- Hemphill County AirportHHF, 87 mi