Storm Station
Quitaque, Texas
72°
Mostly clear· Feels like 72°·Light breeze 5 mph WSW
Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. West wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
62%Humidity
34%Cloud

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

Caprock Canyons State ParkCAPT2

In a park or preserve/3.0 mi away/2,589 ft/15 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank858of 2,453

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

Rank-

Turkey 2WSWTUST2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.1 mi away/2,431 ft/143 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Caprock Canyons State Park, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 3.0 mi from Quitaque. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:07 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 62.9 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Caprock Canyons State Park: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.9, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.4 FTEMPERATURE 69.0 FDEW POINT 62.9 FSPREAD 6.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CAPT2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (181 degrees) at 3 mph, gusting 10 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 10 mph.

Plan of the wind at Caprock Canyons State Park, north up: blowing from 181 degrees, the south, at 3 miles an hour, gusting 10; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, 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 181°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECaprock Canyons State Park, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP CAPT2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-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 69.0 F, 19.2 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, REPORTED69.0 FTITLECaprock Canyons State Park, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP CAPT2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-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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