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Pampa, Texas

City in Gray County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Pampa

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Amarillo (TX), 54 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 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Pampa

None in the last 24 hours; 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at Pampa, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Pampa, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

PampaBPC

At an airfield/23.8 mi away/2,772 ft/455 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Pampa 3EPMPT2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.1 mi away/3,228 ft/1 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,973of 4,689

Pampa 1.2 SWTX-GY-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/3,238 ft/11 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station KE5CJ, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 37.0 mi from Pampa, Texas. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 3 mph, gusting 7 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station KE5CJ, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, at 3 miles an hour, gusting 7; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KE5CJFIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION KE5CJPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station KE5CJ, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP KE5CJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KE5CJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 3,155 ft above sea level, 11 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 26.66 inHg and the temperature at 47.7 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.63 inHg means its barometer reads 27.30 inHg; it reports 51.0 F, 3.3 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station KE5CJ stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3,155 feet above sea level with 11 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 26.66 inches of mercury, and temperature, 47.7 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.63 and the station pressure it means, 27.30.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KE5CJFIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION KE5CJ STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION KE5CJ11 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3,155 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE26.66 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE47.7 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.63 inHgITS BAROMETER READS27.30 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED51.0 FTITLECitizen station KE5CJ, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP KE5CJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KE5CJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 45 degrees above the horizon at 35.66 N, and the day is 11 h 07 min long. Level ground there takes 71 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station KE5CJ, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 45 degrees above the horizon, against 78 at the June solstice, 54 at the equinoxes and 31 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 07 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KE5CJFIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION KE5CJELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 78°EQUINOXES 54°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 31°OCT 16, 45°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 07 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 71 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 35.66 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station KE5CJ, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP KE5CJTYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KE5CJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station KE5CJ, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Texas

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