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Fort Davis, Texas Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fort Davis weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Fort Davis, TX
Saturday, July 4 at 9:14 AM
75
°
Clear
Feels like
73°
Humidity
54%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
1:58 AM
Sunset
4:02 PM
Fort Davis, TX
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFort Davis, TX: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 68 to 94 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 68°H 94°
Fort Davis, TX
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    94°66°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    89°68°-5°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    88°67°-1°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    88°71°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    90°70°+2°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    19%
    92°72°+2°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Partly Cloudy
    27%
    93°73°+1°
Fort Davis, TX
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
233° · veering 13°
Direction
SW
233°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
16
mph
Peak 24h
16
avg 6
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 6 · pk 16 @ 9:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 237SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 13° from the sw.
Fort Davis, TX
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
853.4
+3.0 mb in 3h · rising rapidly · 25.20 inHg
Now
853.4
mb
3h
+3.0
mb
12h
+0.3
mb
24h
-1.9
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 850857
845850855860865-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW856.9850.4853.4
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Fort Davis, TX
Air quality
54
AQI
Moderate
+3 in 6h

AQI 54 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 16.4 µg/m³ (AQI 65), ratio 0.67 with 9 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERModerate
16.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
24μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneModerate
68μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.6

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 32 now. With UV 3.2 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 14 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 32
UV peak
3.2 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 14

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 16.4 µg/m³ (AQI 65), ratio 0.67 with 9 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.

PM2.5/PM10
0.67
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
transport
Fort Davis, TX
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
67.3mi
UNLIMITED
105 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
14:14 UTC · Fort Davis, TX · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
14:14 UTC · Fort Davis, TX · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Fort Davis, TX
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fort Davis, TX
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fort Davis, TX
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
6:31 AM
Sunrise
1:58 AM
Daylight
14h 04m
Sunset
4:02 PM
Civil dusk
9:30 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Fort Davis, TX
The moon
Waning Gibbous
81% illuminated
Moonrise
11:40 PM
Moonset
11:13 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Fort Davis, TX
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fort Davis at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 6°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 18 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 79734

16-Day Forecast — Fort Davis

  1. Sat94°66°5%
  2. Sun89°68°9%
  3. Mon88°67°9%
  4. Tue88°71°7%
  5. Wed90°70°9%
  6. Thu92°72°19%
  7. Fri93°73°27%
  8. Sat93°73°36%
  9. Sun87°69°29%
  10. Mon87°70°20%
  11. Tue90°70°14%
  12. Wed93°72°10%
  13. Thu98°74°6%
  14. Fri83°69°3%
  15. Sat88°69°10%
  16. Sun81°65°16%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Fort Davis

SPC includes Fort Davis in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Fort Davis

  • 79734

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.