Temperature
55 F at 10 PM; 68 F at its warmest, 11 PM Wednesday, and 55 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
- Now
- 55F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 68F
- 11 PM Wednesday
- Lowest
- 55F
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Hereford Municipal Airport, Texas
Small airport in Deaf Smith 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.
55°
68°/54°
Overcast·
Feels like 55°·Strong breeze 27 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Hereford Municipal Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 11 degrees cooler: a high of 57° after 68° today.
Now. Hereford Municipal Airport is 55° and overcast at 10 PM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the north at 27 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 43° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 78°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 32°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
66%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
55feels55
27mph
Today
Oct 15
6854
28mph
UV 6
Fri
Oct 16
5742
22mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6332
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6737
17mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7547
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
7652
12%
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
7857
19%
15mph
55°
68°54°
57°42°
63°32°
67°37°
75°47°
76°52°
78°57°
As of 10:00 PM in Hereford Municipal Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Hereford Municipal Airport
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Amarillo (TX), 38 miles off.
22Good
- Ozone22Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Hereford Municipal Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.10 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.10in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Hereford Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HRX
- ICAO
- KHRX
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 3,788 ft
- Serves
- Hereford
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- HRX
- Wind now
- From 20° at 28 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:10
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 6,100 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 29° / 209° | 28 mph head, on 02 | 4 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 unlit | 3,807 ft | 135 ft | Grass | 152° / 332° | 19 mph head, on 32 | 21 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Hereford (HRX), Hereford Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 44 F, the air 66% saturated; the humidity ran from 45% at 5 PM to 100% at 11 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 44F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 66%
- Humidity, range
- 45 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
28 mph from the north northeast at 10 PM; at its strongest 30 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 39 mph at 5 PM.
- Now
- 28mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 30mph
- 3 PM
- Highest gust
- 39mph
- 5 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.45 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.45 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.45inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.08inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.45inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 1 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 1 AM
- 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 3 AM; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,600ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 3 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
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
Hereford: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Hereford Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
HerefordHRX
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3,783 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Bushland #1 ScanBUST2
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.9 mi away/3,820 ft/32 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Bushland #1S2006
At a soil climate station/24.9 mi away/3,820 ft/32 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Hereford 2.4 ENETX-DS-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/3,805 ft/17 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HerefordHERT2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.1 mi away/3,845 ft/57 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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 Hereford Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Hereford Municipal Airport
- Rick Husband Amarillo International AirportAMA, 43 mi
- Hale County AirportPVW, 59 mi
- Moore County AirportDUX, 71 mi
- Hutchinson County AirportBGD, 78 mi
- Dalhart Municipal AirportDHT, 81 mi
- Lubbock Preston Smith International AirportLBB, 87 mi
- Levelland Municipal AirportLLN, 90 mi
- Perry Lefors FieldPPA, 91 mi