Parks/Texas/Palo Duro Canyon State Park

Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas

State Park in Randall County, Texas

66° 72°/39°

Clear· Feels like 66°·Moderate breeze 18 mph S

Now. Palo Duro Canyon State Park is 66° and clear at 5 PM. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the south at 18 mph, gusting to 34 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 50° 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 82°, and the coolest Saturday, near 73°. Rain is possible Friday (32%) and Saturday (42%). The windiest day is Friday, with wind to 23 mph.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:08 PM. The Moon is a first quarter, 52% lit, and sets at 1:19 AM after midnight. 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 bright Moon hides all but the brightest of them. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

2UV Low

48Air quality

32%Humidity

1%Cloud

Now

5:00 PM

66feels66

18mph

Today

Oct 18

7239

20mph

UV 7

Mon

Oct 19

7550

17mph

UV 7

Tue

Oct 20

7553

19mph

UV 7

Wed

Oct 21

8257

14mph

UV 7

Thu

Oct 22

8060

17mph

Fri

Oct 23

7561

32%

23mph

Sat

Oct 24

7359

42%

15mph

66°

72°39°

75°50°

75°53°

82°57°

80°60°

75°61°

73°59°

As of 5:00 PM in Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas.

Air quality

The air at Palo Duro Canyon State Park

Index 48, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Amarillo (TX), 19 miles off.

48Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
Ozone48Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 37, good.

GoodModerate

37YesterdayOct 17
GoodTodayOct 18
GoodMonOct 19
GoodTueOct 20

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Tue 1 PM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Palo Duro Canyon State Park

None in the last 3 days, to Sun 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Palo Duro Canyon State Park, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Tue 1 PM.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 45 sq mi
Height at its point: 3,000 ft
County: Randall County
State: Texas
Latitude: 34.9782° N
Longitude: 101.6661° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Palo Duro Canyon State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station FW7813FW7813

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.0 mi away/3,488 ft/488 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Amarillo - Rick Husband IntlAMA

At an airfield/16.8 mi away/3,606 ft/606 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Amarillo 24th AvenueTCEQ-1025

At a river or reservoir gauge/19.1 mi away/3,661 ft/661 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Bushland #1S2006

At a soil climate station/27.8 mi away/3,820 ft/820 ft above here