El Capitan
Weather Forecast, United States

 

Days 0-3 El Capitan Weather Summary:

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very mild (max 10°C on Sun afternoon, min 5°C on Fri night). Mainly strong winds.

Days 3-6 El Capitan Weather Summary:

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed afternoon, min 7°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Days 6-9 El Capitan Weather Summary:

Mostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 13°C on Wed night, min -5°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (gales from the W on Thu morning, light winds from the WSW by Fri morning).

Thursday
28
Friday
29
Sat
30
night AM PM night AM PM night AM PM night AM PM night AM PM night AM PM night AM PM night AM PM night AM PM
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
partially cloudy
rain showers
clear
clear
partially cloudy
partially cloudy
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
partially cloudy
partially cloudy
Wind km/h
25 S25
35 WSW35
50 WSW50
45 W45
30 W30
45 W45
45 W45
40 W40
45 W45
20 WNW20
10 NNW10
10 NE10
20 SE20
20 SE20
25 SSE25
20 SSW20
25 SSW25
30 SW30
30 W30
65 W65
70 W70
65 W65
20 NW20
10 SSE10
25 SE25
35 SE35
10 SSE10
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Rain
Rain mm
11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - -
Snow
Snow cm
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
High °C
7 7 8 8 7 9 9 8 10 10 9 10 10 9 10 10 12 15 15 12 13 13 7 8 5 0 -2
Low °C
6 6 8 5 5 8 7 7 9 8 8 10 7 7 10 10 10 13 12 12 12 8 7 7 0 -1 -2
Chill °C
3 2 3 3 2 4 4 3 6 6 7 9 8 6 7 7 9 13 13 8 9 9 4 5 0 -7 -6
Freezing level m
3700 3450 3350 3400 3300 3550 3800 3650 3550 3850 3700 3650 3850 3900 3800 4250 4250 4100 4300 4200 4000 4100 3450 3250 3350 2250 1800
Sea lvl3000ft6000ft9000ft12000ft15000ft
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Sunrise
- 7:00 - - 6:58 - - 6:56 - - 6:56 - - 6:54 - - 6:52 - - 6:52 - - 6:50 - - 6:48 -
Sunset
- - 7:10 - - 7:12 - - 7:12 - - 7:13 - - 7:14 - - 7:14 - - 7:15 - - 7:15 - - 7:15

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This table gives the weather forecast for El Capitan at the specific elevation of 2464 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of El Capitan. To see the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider overview of the weather, consult the Weather Map of Texas.

Live conditions reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather StationTemp.WeatherWind
Cloud
Visibility
Cloud / Visibility
Carlsbad Airport
68 km NE
985m alt.
2 hours ago
12.2° C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
9
Light winds from the ESE
(9 kph at 120).
16 km
Low: overcast
lightning 63km NE of Van Horn
86 km SSE
1136m alt.
2 hours ago
° C
thunderstorm
Thunderstorm
Artesia Airport
114 km N
1081m alt.
2 hours ago
12° C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
22
Moderate winds from the SSE
(22 kph at 150).
16 km
Low: broken
Mid: broken
Pecos City Airport
120 km ESE
797m alt.
2 hours ago
13.1° C
clear
Thunderstorm -.
15
Light winds from the E
(15 kph at 90).
16 km
Low: scattered
Mid: scattered
lightning 28km SSW of Kermit
136 km E
844m alt.
54 minutes ago
° C
thunderstorm
Thunderstorm

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to El Capitan and within an acceptable time window.