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Friona, Texas

City in Parmer County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Friona

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Amarillo (TX), 64 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Friona

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Friona, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Friona, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Friona, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

BootlegBLGT2

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.0 mi away/4,137 ft/111 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,321of 4,689

HerefordHRX

At an airfield/27.1 mi away/3,783 ft/243 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,814of 4,689

measured daily2 instruments

FrionaFRIT2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/4,045 ft/19 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank554of 4,689

Friona 0.8 WTX-PM-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/4,040 ft/14 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Hereford, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 27.1 mi from Friona, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:50 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,700 ft, overcast at 3,600 ft; the ceiling is 3,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hereford, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, the ceiling at 3,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HRXFIG. A THE SKY OVER HEREFORDSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHereford, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HRXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HRX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

54.5 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 68 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Hereford: temperature 54.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 68 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HRXFIG. B THE AIR AT HEREFORDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,700 FTTEMPERATURE 54.5 FDEW POINT 44.0 FSPREAD 10.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 68 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEHereford, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HRXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HRX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hereford, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 22 miles an hour, gusting 31; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HRXFIG. C THE WIND AT HEREFORDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 31 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHereford, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HRXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HRX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Hereford, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Friona (FRIT2), 0.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:30. measured daily

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