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Hedley, Texas

City in Donley County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Hedley

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Amarillo (TX), 71 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hedley

None in the last 24 hours; 3.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
3.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hedley, the next 41 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Hedley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Hedley 5.3 SSWTX-DY-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/2,419 ft/194 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MemphisMEMT2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.1 mi away/2,070 ft/543 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,528of 4,689

Station report

The weather at Childress Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 36.8 mi from Hedley, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Childress Municipal, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDSFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHILDRESS MUNICIPALSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEChildress Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CDSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CDS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Childress Municipal: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDSFIG. B THE AIR AT CHILDRESS MUNICIPALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.2 FTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 46.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLEChildress Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CDSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CDS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Childress Municipal, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 14 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDSFIG. C THE WIND AT CHILDRESS MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEChildress Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CDSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CDS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Memphis (MEMT2), 12.1 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 Hedley

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Hedley

River and lake gauges