


Recreational Report
Issued by NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Issued by NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
968 SXUS44 KMAF 212157 RECMAF Recreational Forecasts for West Texas/Southeast New Mexico National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 457 PM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025 Recreational forecast text represents an average of conditions over the entire park. Spot temperatures and probabilities of measurable precipitation are for tonight, Friday, Friday night, and Saturday. TXZ279-280-282-220900- Big Bend National Park- 457 PM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025 .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 68 to 73. Northeast winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. .FRIDAY...Sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s in the mountains to the upper 90s along the Rio Grande. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 68 to 73. East winds 10 to 15 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. .SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s in the mountains to the upper 90s along the Rio Grande. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 67 to 72. In the mountains, east winds 10 to 15 mph. Along the Rio Grande, east winds 10 to 15 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. .SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s in the mountains to the upper 90s along the Rio Grande. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 68 to 73. .MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s in the mountains to the upper 90s along the Rio Grande. .MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 69 to 74. .TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s in the mountains to the upper 90s along the Rio Grande. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows 69 to 74. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s in the mountains to the upper 90s along the Rio Grande. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows 69 to 74. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s in the mountains to the upper 90s along the Rio Grande. && TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION Visitors Center 69 91 70 91 / 10 10 10 10 Castolon 75 97 74 97 / 10 10 10 10 Chisos Basin 62 80 62 79 / 10 10 10 20 Persimmon Gap 73 94 71 93 / 10 10 10 Rio Grande Village 73 101 73 101 / 10 20 10 20 $$ NMZ027-028-220900- Carlsbad Caverns National Park- 357 PM MDT Thu Aug 21 2025 .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds around 10 mph. .FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. .SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds around 10 mph. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. .SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. .MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. .MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. .TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. && TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION Visitors Center 70 88 69 89 / 10 $$ TXZ277-220900- Fort Davis National Historic Site- 457 PM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025 .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. .FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. .SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 10 to 15 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. .SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. .MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. .MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. .TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent. && TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION Visitors Center 61 85 58 86 / 10 10 10 10 $$ TXZ270-271-220900- Guadalupe Mountains National Park- 357 PM MDT Thu Aug 21 2025 .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 59 to 67. East winds 10 to 15 mph. .FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s near the mountain peaks to the upper 80s below 5000 feet. East winds 10 to 15 mph. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 58 to 65. East winds around 10 mph. .SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s near the mountain peaks to around 90 below 5000 feet. East winds around 10 mph. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 58 to 65. East winds around 10 mph. .SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s near the mountain peaks to around 90 below 5000 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 59 to 66. .MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s near the mountain peaks to around 90 below 5000 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 59 to 66. .TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s near the mountain peaks to the upper 80s below 5000 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows 58 to 65. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s near the mountain peaks to the lower 80s below 5000 feet. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows 58 to 65. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s near the mountain peaks to the mid 80s below 5000 feet. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. && TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION Visitors Center 65 85 65 85 / 10 Dog Canyon 59 74 58 75 / 10 McKittrick Canyon 67 85 67 86 / 10 $$