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TEXAS PANHANDLE
Best Time to Go & Visit & Travel to Texas
The Panhandle is the west-northernmost region of Texas. It's a
mainly harsh region, embodying the ideas of the old west, with
its ranches and cattle grazing. Amarillo and Lubbock are the
main cities in this backyard Texan region, rich in oil.
See:
Best time to visit & travel to
the Panhandle
Texas
When not to go to the
Panhandle Texas
What to visit
in the Panhandle Texas
Hotels and flights to
the Panhandle Texas region
See also:
Texas state
Austin
Corpus Christi and Mustang
Island
Dallas
Fort Worth
East Texas
Galveston
Houston
Hill Country
San Antonio
South Padre Island
South Texas Beach Resorts
West Texas, El Paso
WHAT TO VISIT IN THE PANHANDLE TEXAS
The rural Panhandle - with its typical and beautiful
landscape of mesquite trees, cactus and tumbleweeds - offers
many opportunities for visiting old west ranches. You
will find a reasonable number of these ranches - offering
tourist visits and accommodation (often pricey) - on the
outskirts of Amarillo and Canyon.
Amarillo, in the heart of the I-40 (once the legendary
Route 66) offers antique stores and homes (along Sixth Street)
and some good museums on pioneer life.
6 miles out of Amarillo, the
Cadillac Ranch (offering a wide show of Cadillac designs
from 1950 to the early sixties) is a popular reference.
Canyon and its Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum and nearby
ranches, just fifteen miles south of Amarillo, is a major travel
reference in the region (Canyon is itself
a former cattle town...).
Pallo Duro State Canyon Park, twenty miles southeast of
Amarillo, with scenic views, wide deserts, abundant local
wildlife and
exceptional camping opportunities,
is a major travel option in the region.
Lubbock, the largest city in the Panhandle and the
birthplace of Charles Holley, offers the Ranching Heritage
Center (an excellent show of local and Texan historic life)
and good museums (the Tech Museum...).
Lubbock is also home of the best Panhandle annual events:
the September Fest (the old Buddy Holly Music Festival), several
rodeos (the ABC Rodeo happens in Spring) or the Panhandle
South Plains Fair (late September or early October)...
BEST TIME TO
VISIT THE PANHANDLE TEXAS
Spring, Summer and Fall are
the best periods for a visit. The
Panhandle weather and temperatures are normally agreeable in
these seasons (here, summers tend to be mild, contrarily to what
happens in most other Texan destinations).
The Panhandle winter weather is rather unpredictable and can be
harsh. Winter cold snaps and snow are very common.
WHEN
NOT TO GO TO PANHANDLE TEXAS
Winter is the worst season
for outdoor visits in the Panhandle. To avoid cold snaps (or
occasional snow) avoid winter.
For details on precipitation, temperatures, humidity and other
weather variables in the Panhandle, see the Weather Map below
for Amarillo.
Weather
Data Map
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AMARILLO, TEXAS |
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Temperature Fahrenheit |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
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High (average) |
49 |
53 |
61 |
73 |
80 |
88 |
92 |
90 |
82 |
72 |
60 |
50 |
70,8 |
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Low (average) |
21 |
27 |
33 |
42 |
52 |
61 |
67 |
65 |
56 |
44 |
32 |
24 |
43,7 |
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Average |
35 |
40 |
47 |
58 |
66 |
75 |
80 |
78 |
69 |
58 |
46 |
37 |
57,3 |
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Temperature Celsius |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
High (average) |
9 |
12 |
16 |
23 |
27 |
31 |
33 |
32 |
28 |
22 |
16 |
10 |
22 |
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Low (average) |
-6 |
-3 |
1 |
6 |
11 |
16 |
19 |
18 |
13 |
7 |
0 |
-4 |
6 |
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Average |
2 |
4 |
8 |
14 |
19 |
24 |
26 |
25 |
21 |
14 |
8 |
3 |
14 |
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Humidity |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
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Humidity and discomfort |
Summer: Medium |
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Precipitation |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
Number of wet days |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3,75 |
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Snow |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
Snow in inches |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0,58 |
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Snow in mm |
51 |
51 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
51 |
15 |
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cold, too hot, too humid, too little sun, too rain or
too snow |
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HOTELS AND FLIGHTS TO
THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE
Amarillo and
Lubbock offer wide
accommodation options, namely in the budget category.
The Lubbock Preston Smith
International Airport is just 3 miles south of downtown,
while
Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport is located 7
miles east of downtown Amarillo. They are the great air-hubs to
the Panhandle.
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