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Plainview, Texas

City in Hale County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Plainview

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Amarillo (TX), 71 miles off.

19Good
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Plainview

None in the last 24 hours; 0.39 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
0.39in

Visibility

How far you can see at Plainview, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Plainview, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Plainview 0.96 ESETX-HLE-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/3,373 ft/14 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

DowntownPVWT2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.2 mi away/3,373 ft/14 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank3,468of 4,689

Station report

The weather at Plainview, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.9 mi from Plainview, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 3,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Plainview, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 3,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PVWFIG. A THE SKY OVER PLAINVIEWSECTION, 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 SHEETFEW 3,400 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPlainview, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PVWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PVW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Plainview: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PVWFIG. B THE AIR AT PLAINVIEWTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 3,400 FTTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 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 POINTTITLEPlainview, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PVWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PVW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Plainview, north up: blowing from 20 degrees, the north northeast, 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 PVWFIG. C THE WIND AT PLAINVIEWPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 20°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 31 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPlainview, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PVWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PVW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Downtown (PVWT2), 1.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Texas

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Near Plainview

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

Near Plainview

River and lake gauges