Burkett, Texas Weather
Burkett, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Burkett, Coleman County.
Full aviation weather for Burkett is published on the Coleman Municipal Airport (KCOM) page, 24 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. 4 airfields within reach of Burkett 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 Burkett: Brownwood Regional Airport (KBWD) 34 km · Gregory M. Simmons Memorial Airport (KGZN) 46 km · Comanche County City Airport (KMKN) 60 km
Conditions reported at KCOM describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Burkett specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Burkett.
About Burkett, Texas
Burkett hums with a quiet resilience, a place where the vast Texas sky stretches an endless canvas over rolling, sun-baked terrain. It lies 43.1 miles south-east of Abilene, TX (from Abilene, TX: bearing 136°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south-south-west of Cross Plains. The landscape here is a study in muted earth tones, ochre and umber bleeding into the pale, dusty greens of scrub brush and mesquite that cling tenaciously to the soil. The air, even in the early morning, carries a faint, dry warmth, a promise of the heat that will bloom with the sun. Distant, low hills, worn smooth by the relentless march of wind and weather, form a soft, undulating horizon, their contours blurring into the hazy blue of the far distance. It’s a place that feels ancient and weathered, where time seems to move at a pace dictated by the slow, deliberate arc of the sun. The story of Burkett is etched into the very bones of this land, a testament to the hardy souls who carved a life from its sometimes unforgiving embrace. Founded in the early days of Texas settlement, its economy has long been tied to the rhythms of agriculture, the land yielding its bounty in cycles of planting and harvest, a dependence made visible in the patchwork of fields that spread outward from the settlement. For generations, the people of Burkett have worked this soil, their lives intertwined with the raising of cattle and the cultivation of crops that have sustained families and shaped the character of the place. While modernization has touched many corners of the world, Burkett retains a distinct sense of its own history, a quiet dignity in its enduring connection to the earth and the traditions that have weathered the passing years.
Live animated radar for Burkett 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 | Burkett, Coleman County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 31.995976°N, 99.225618°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 76828 |
| Area Code | 325 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Burkett, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Burkett, 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 Burkett includes coordinates 31.995976°N, 99.225618°W, situated in Coleman County. ZIP code 76828. Telephone area code: 325. 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.
