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Garden City, Texas Weather

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

Garden City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Garden City, TX
Saturday, July 4 at 10:07 AM
84
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
85°
Humidity
59%
Wind
15 mph
Sunrise
1:45 AM
Sunset
3:55 PM
Garden City, TX
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastGarden City, TX: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 73 to 99 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 73°H 99°
Garden City, TX
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    99°76°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Showers
    10%
    0.24″
    98°73°-1°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Heavy Showers
    39%
    0.37″
    97°69°-1°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    17%
    97°73°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    100°77°+3°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    99°77°-1°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    98°75°-1°
Garden City, TX
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
187° · veering 9°
Direction
S
187°
Sustained
15
mph
Gust
18
mph
Peak 24h
31
avg 11
Beaufort · 4 · MOD 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 11 · pk 31 @ 5:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 265SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A fresh breeze drives the s-bound air across the harbor.
Garden City, TX
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
924.7
+2.1 mb in 3h · rising rapidly · 27.31 inHg
Now
924.7
mb
3h
+2.1
mb
12h
+1.1
mb
24h
-1.0
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 922926
915920925930935-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW926.1922.4924.7
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Garden City, TX
Air quality
36
AQI
Good
-6 in 6h

AQI 36 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 6 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 5.3 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.1 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
5.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneGood
60μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
3.5

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.3 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.1 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.75
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Garden City, TX
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
28%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
58.3mi
UNLIMITED
137 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
15:07 UTC · Garden City, 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
15:07 UTC · Garden City, TX · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Garden City, TX
Satellite · infrared · animated
Garden City, TX
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Garden City, TX
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
6:18 AM
Sunrise
1:45 AM
Daylight
14h 10m
Sunset
3:55 PM
Civil dusk
9:24 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Garden City, TX
The moon
Waning Gibbous
81% illuminated
Moonrise
11:31 PM
Moonset
11:02 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Garden City, TX
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Garden City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 4°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 26 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 79739

16-Day Forecast — Garden City

  1. Sat99°76°1%
  2. Sun98°73°10%
  3. Mon97°69°39%
  4. Tue97°73°17%
  5. Wed100°77°5%
  6. Thu99°77°1%
  7. Fri98°75°6%
  8. Sat99°74°9%
  9. Sun99°76°14%
  10. Mon101°78°8%
  11. Tue102°78°4%
  12. Wed105°80°7%
  13. Thu99°82°6%
  14. Fri91°74°9%
  15. Sat91°70°19%
  16. Sun92°69°20%

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 — Garden City

SPC includes Garden City in the general thunderstorm area tomorrow — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • 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 Garden City

  • 79739

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.