National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Very warm temperatures are expected this week, with near record breaking heat possible Tuesday and Wednesday with near record breaking highs in the 90s to near 100 degrees.
Today will be much warmer with highs in the 90s to low 100s. Winds will be out of the west around 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 with patchy blowing dust possible on the Caprock.
Southerly winds tonight will keep lows in the upper 50s to upper 60s.
Very warm conditions on Wednesday with another breezy and potentially record breaking heat day expected. The warmth continues through the weekend with highs in the upper 80s and 90s with dry conditions. A chance of storms returns late Sunday for areas off the Caprock.
With hot weather expected this week, here are a few tips to keep in mind.

 

 

 

Local Weather History For May 13th...
1949: Residents of Farwell and Texico were treated to an ominous sight this Friday evening in the form of a white tornado
that tracked southeast and east Texico. Lawrence Ham in Farwell managed to snap a few rare photos of this narrow cone
tornado as it roamed northeastward. This tornado completely destroyed a small garage at the Jim Billingsley farm east of
Texico along with some windmills at other nearby farms. Hail as large as tennis balls caused some damage to area wheat
crops, but much heavier wheat crop losses were noted by farmers farther northeast toward Friona. Source: The State Line
Tribune, Farwell, TX.