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The Fujita Scale

The Fujita Scale from directly overhead

The Fujita Scale is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 975 m. The nearest named place is The 1970 Lubbock Tornado, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Plains Trail passes 0.8 miles off.

What the record says

Built
2020
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates33.58871, -101.85460

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lubbock National Bank Park: 0.0 mi
  • Gateway Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Park at City Hall: 0.4 mi
  • Roy Furr Pioneer Park: 0.4 mi
  • Glenna Goodacre Median Greenway: 0.4 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Arts District: 0.4 mi
  • West Texas Walk of Fame: 1.0 mi
  • Sundial: 1.2 mi
  • Blarney Stone: 1.2 mi
  • South Plains Fairgrounds: 1.2 mi
Museums: 10
Gardens: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Gholson Spring: 23.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5219:2719:59
June solstice06:3820:2521:01
September equinox07:3619:1319:46
December solstice07:4917:0617:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653627078818072635143
Precip in0.70.61.21.42.62.72.22.02.61.70.80.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lubbock WFO, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13971411841

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