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Recreational Forecasts for West Texas/Southeast New Mexico
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
436 AM CDT Sun Jul 19 2026

Recreational forecast text represents an average of conditions
over the entire park.

Spot temperatures and probabilities of measurable precipitation are
for today, tonight, and Monday.


TXZ279-280-282-192100-
Big Bend National Park-
436 AM CDT Sun Jul 19 2026

.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s in the
mountains to the mid 90s along the Rio Grande. Light and variable
winds. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows 70 to 75. Light and variable winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s in the
mountains to the mid 90s along the Rio Grande. Light and variable
winds. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 70 to 75. Light and variable
winds.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s in the mountains to around
101 along the Rio Grande. Light and variable winds becoming east
around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 71 to 76.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s in the mountains to
around 103 along the Rio Grande.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 69 to 74.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s in the mountains to around
103 along the Rio Grande.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 71 to 76.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s in the mountains to around
106 along the Rio Grande.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 73 to 79.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s in the mountains to around
107 along the Rio Grande.

&&
               TEMPERATURE     /    PRECIPITATION

Visitors Center      88     71     89  /  50     50     20
Castolon             94     76     95  /  50     50     30
Chisos Basin         78     64     79  /  40     40     20
Persimmon Gap        90     73     90  /  50     50     20
Rio Grande Village   98     77     99  /  40     40     20


$$

NMZ027-028-192100-
Carlsbad Caverns National Park-
336 AM MDT Sun Jul 19 2026

.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight.
Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around 10 mph in the evening
becoming light and variable.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Slight chance of showers in the morning,
then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs
in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds becoming south around
10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest
winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Light and variable winds
becoming south around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.

&&
               TEMPERATURE     /    PRECIPITATION

Visitors Center      87     69     87  /  50     50     30


$$

TXZ277-192100-
Fort Davis National Historic Site-
436 AM CDT Sun Jul 19 2026

.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds around 10 mph.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Light and variable winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the morning,
then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs
in the lower 80s. Southwest winds around 10 mph. Chance of
precipitation 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight.
Lows in the lower 60s. Light and variable winds.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Light and variable winds
becoming south around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.

&&
               TEMPERATURE     /    PRECIPITATION

Visitors Center      84     62     84  /  50     50     40


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TXZ270-271-192100-
Guadalupe Mountains National Park-
336 AM MDT Sun Jul 19 2026

.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s near the mountain peaks to
the mid 80s below 5000 feet. Light and variable winds. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers after midnight. Lows 60 to 67. Light and variable
winds. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s near the
mountain peaks to the mid 80s below 5000 feet. Light and variable
winds. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight.
Lows 60 to 67. Light and variable winds.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s near the mountain peaks to
the upper 80s below 5000 feet. Light and variable winds.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 63 to 70.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s near the mountain peaks
to the lower 90s below 5000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 62 to 69.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s near the mountain peaks to
the mid 90s below 5000 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 64 to 71.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s near the mountain peaks to
the upper 90s below 5000 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 66 to 73.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s near the mountain peaks to
the upper 90s below 5000 feet.

&&
               TEMPERATURE     /    PRECIPITATION

Visitors Center      83     65     82  /  60     60     40
Dog Canyon           76     61     76  /  60     60     40
McKittrick Canyon    84     67     84  /  60     60     40


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