PlainviewPVW
At an airfield/10.4 mi away/3,373 ft/52 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Hale Center, Texas
City in Hale 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.
51°
56°/45°
Clear·
Feels like 51°·Moderate breeze 16 mph NNE
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Hale Center until 10 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Hale Center is 51° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast 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 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 77°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. Rain is possible Thursday (33%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:12 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:25 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
1Air quality
77%Humidity
7%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
51feels51
16mph
Today
Oct 16
5645
25mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5932
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
6334
13mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7243
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7450
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
7656
16%
Thu
Oct 22
7758
33%
12mph
51°
56°45°
59°32°
63°34°
72°43°
74°50°
76°56°
77°58°
As of 2:00 AM in Hale Center, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Hale Center
Index 1, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lubbock (TX), 32 miles off.
1Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)1Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 8, good.
GoodModerate
- 8YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Hale Center
None in the last 24 hours; 0.68 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.68in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Hale Center, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Hale Center, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Hale Center, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank3,300of 4,689
Reese Center ScanREET2
At a river or reservoir gauge/32.6 mi away/3,333 ft/92 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Reese CenterS2104
At a soil climate station/32.9 mi away/3,333 ft/92 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Citizen station GW8074GW8074
In a volunteer observer's own ground/36.9 mi away/3,281 ft/144 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Plainview 6.0 WTX-HLE-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.1 mi away/3,436 ft/11 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
DowntownPVWT2
At a cooperative observer's station/12.1 mi away/3,373 ft/52 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Plainview, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 10.4 mi from Hale Center, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
51.8 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.
The wind
From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.
The full report of Plainview, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Downtown (PVWT2), 12.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Hale Center
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.