Bishop Hills, Texas Weather
Bishop Hills, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bishop Hills, Potter County.
Full aviation weather for Bishop Hills is published on the Tradewind Airport (KTDW) page, 15 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. 5 airfields within reach of Bishop Hills 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 Bishop Hills: Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (KAMA) 23 km · Oldham County Airport (KE52) 41 km · Panhandle Carson County Airport (KT45) 54 km · Hereford Municipal Airport (KHRX) 56 km
Conditions reported at KTDW describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bishop Hills specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bishop Hills.
About Bishop Hills, Texas
Bishop Hills lies under a sky that stretches like an endless, pale blue canvas, occasionally smudged with the dusty ochre of the High Plains. It lies 7.2 miles west-north-west of Amarillo, TX (from Amarillo, TX: bearing 291°T), and is situated 8.0 miles north-east of Bushland. The land here is a study in subtle contours, a gentle rolling that hints at the vastness of the Texas panhandle, where wind is a constant sculptor of the earth. Sparse, hardy grasses, a mosaic of faded greens and sun-bleached yellows, cling to the soil, punctuated by the stoic silhouettes of mesquite trees, their branches gnarled and reaching as if in perpetual supplication to the sun. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faint aroma of distant cattle and the mineral tang of the earth, a stark beauty that speaks of endurance and a quiet resilience. The story of Bishop Hills is one of perseverance, a testament to the tenacity of those who sought to carve a life from this seemingly unforgiving terrain. It’s a place where the economy is still tethered to the land, where cattle ranching and agriculture form the bedrock of its existence, the pulse of the region driven by the cycles of planting and harvest, the lowing of herds echoing across the wide-open spaces. Though the grand pronouncements of industry may have passed this way, a distinct character remains, a spirit of self-reliance and neighborly interdependence that defines Bishop Hills. The slow, deliberate rhythm of life here is punctuated by the occasional gathering, a shared meal, a conversation under the vast, star-dusted dome of the night sky, a quiet affirmation of community in the heart of the panhandle.
Live animated radar for Bishop Hills 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 | Bishop Hills, Potter County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 35.259774°N, 101.950468°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79124 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bishop Hills, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bishop Hills, 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 Bishop Hills includes coordinates 35.259774°N, 101.950468°W, situated in Potter County. ZIP code 79124. Telephone area code: 806. 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.
