Temperature
50 F at 5 AM; 66 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 50 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 50F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 66F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 50F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Levelland Municipal Airport, Texas
Small airport in Hockley County, Texas* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 possible across the far southwestern Texas Panhandle and as low as 32 near the edge of the Caprock. * WHERE...The South Plains and the southwestern Texas Panhandle. * 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.
50°
58°/47°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 45°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NNE
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Levelland Municipal Airport until 10 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Levelland Municipal Airport is 50° and mostly clear at 5 AM. With the wind it feels like 45°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° 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 Thursday, near 78°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:15 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:29 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
25Air quality
66%Humidity
21%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
50feels45
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5847
23mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5933
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
6535
12mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7243
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7450
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
7755
10%
Thu
Oct 22
7858
19%
13mph
50°
58°47°
59°33°
65°35°
72°43°
74°50°
77°55°
78°58°
As of 5:00 AM in Levelland Municipal Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Levelland Municipal Airport
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Hobbs (NM), 72 miles off.
25Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-
- Ozone25Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 31, good.
GoodModerate
- 31YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Levelland Municipal Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.37 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
- 0.37in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Levelland Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LLN
- ICAO
- KLLN
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 3,514 ft
- Serves
- Levelland
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LLN
- Wind now
- From 10° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 unlit | 2,072 ft | 55 ft | Asphalt | 92° / 272° | 2 mph head, on 08 | 14 mph from the left |
| 17 / 35 | 6,110 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 183° / 3° | 14 mph head, on 35 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Levelland (LLN), Levelland Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 40 F, the air 69% saturated; the humidity ran from 53% at 7 PM Thursday to 84% at 10 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 40F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 69%
- Humidity, range
- 53 to 84%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
13 mph from the north at 5 AM; at its strongest 23 mph, 5 PM Thursday, with a gust of 36 mph at 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 13mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 23mph
- 5 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 36mph
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.59 inHg at 5 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.51 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.59inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.51inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 8 miles at 10 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 8mi
- 10 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 1,300 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,300ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,300ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
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
Levelland: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Levelland 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 now4 instruments
LevellandLLN
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3,499 ft/15 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Levelland ScanLVLT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.1 mi away/3,510 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
LevellandS2105
At a soil climate station/0.1 mi away/3,510 ft/4 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Muleshoe 19 S03054
At a climate reference station/35.7 mi away/3,742 ft/228 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
LevellandLLLT2
At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/3,504 ft/10 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Sundown 0.5 STX-HCK-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.8 mi away/3,550 ft/36 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Levelland (LLLT2), 0.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Levelland Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Sundowncity, 9 mi
- Smyertown, 12 mi
- Whitharralcommunity, 13 mi
- Whitefacetown, 14 mi
- Ropesvillecity, 16 mi
- Meadowtown, 18 mi
- Wolfforthcity, 21 mi
- Antoncity, 22 mi
- Shallowatercity, 24 mi
- Mortoncity, 25 mi
Airports near Levelland Municipal Airport
- Lubbock Preston Smith International AirportLBB, 33 mi
- Denver City AirportE57, 48 mi
- Hale County AirportPVW, 57 mi
- Lamesa Municipal AirportLUV, 61 mi
- Gaines County AirportGNC, 63 mi
- Andrews County AirportE11, 85 mi
- Hereford Municipal AirportHRX, 90 mi
- Winston FieldSNK, 102 mi