Alvarado, Texas Weather
Alvarado, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Alvarado, Johnson County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Alvarado. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Alvarado is published on the Fort Worth Spinks Airport (KFWS) page, 20 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Alvarado have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Alvarado: Cleburne Regional Airport (KCPT) 22 km · Sycamore Strip (K9F9) 28 km · Arlington Municipal Airport (KGKY) 31 km · Grand Prairie Municipal Airport (KGPM) 36 km · Hillsboro Municipal Airport (KINJ) 38 km
Conditions reported at KFWS describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Alvarado specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Alvarado.
About Alvarado, Texas
Alvarado breathes the wide, open sky of North Texas, a place where the land unfolds in gentle, sweeping plains under an immense blue canvas. It lies 11.0 miles east-north-east of Cleburne, TX (from Cleburne, TX: bearing 68°T), and is situated 6.6 miles west-south-west of Venus. Here, the terrain is a study in subtle textures, a mosaic of cultivated fields and native grasses that ripple like a green sea under the persistent prairie wind. The air, especially in the hush of early morning, carries a clean, earthy scent, tinged with the distant sweetness of ripening crops. Sunlight, when it breaks through the vast expanse, has a particular clarity, illuminating the scattered farmhouses and the slender, reaching arms of live oaks that punctuate the horizon. The very quiet of Alvarado is a presence, a palpable stillness broken only by the murmur of traffic on its main thoroughfares or the far-off call of a hawk circling overhead. The history of Alvarado is written not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of its people and the fertile earth that sustains them. Founded in the late 19th century, it grew around the promise of agriculture, its economy long rooted in the rich blackland soil that yields bountiful harvests of cotton and grain. This agricultural heritage is still visible in the weathered barns and the quiet dignity of the older homes that line its streets, each one a quiet testament to generations who worked this land. While industry has diversified, bringing new opportunities and a slightly quicker pulse to the town, the fundamental character of Alvarado remains tied to the land and the enduring sense of community it fosters. The annual county fair, a vibrant explosion of local pride and tradition, offers a glimpse into the heart of Alvarado, where the past and present meet in a celebration of shared heritage and a hopeful look toward the future.
Live animated radar for Alvarado and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Alvarado, Johnson County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32.406531°N, 97.211678°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 76009 |
| Area Code | 817, 682 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Alvarado, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alvarado, Texas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Alvarado includes coordinates 32.406531°N, 97.211678°W, situated in Johnson County. ZIP code 76009. Telephone area code: 817, 682. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
