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Quitaque, Texas

City in Briscoe County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Quitaque

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Amarillo (TX), 73 miles off.

22Good
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Quitaque

0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.84 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
0.84in

Visibility

How far you can see at Quitaque, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Quitaque, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

measured daily2 instruments

Caprock Canyons HeadquartersTX-BRC-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/2,598 ft/24 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Caprock Canyons State Park, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 3.0 mi from Quitaque, Texas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:07 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Caprock Canyons State Park: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CAPT2FIG. B THE AIR AT CAPROCK CANYONS STATE PARKTHE 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 1,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.7 FTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 44.6 FSPREAD 8.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 POINTTITLECaprock Canyons State Park, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP CAPT2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CAPT2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (346 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Caprock Canyons State Park, north up: blowing from 346 degrees, the north northwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CAPT2FIG. C THE WIND AT CAPROCK CANYONS STATE PARKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 346°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECaprock Canyons State Park, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP CAPT2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CAPT2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 2,589 ft above sea level, 9 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.23 inHg and the temperature at 49.8 F; it reports 53.0 F, 3.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Caprock Canyons State Park stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 2,589 feet above sea level with 9 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.23 inches of mercury, and temperature, 49.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CAPT2FIG. D WHERE CAPROCK CANYONS STATE PARK 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 ATMOSPHERECAPROCK CANYONS STATE PARK9 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT2,589 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 HERE27.23 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE49.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED53.0 FTITLECaprock Canyons State Park, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP CAPT2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CAPT2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Caprock Canyons State Park, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Valley Peanut Growers (TURT2), 9.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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