Caldwell, Texas Weather
Caldwell, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Caldwell, Lubbock County.
Full aviation weather for Caldwell is published on the Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport (KLBB) page, 17 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 Caldwell 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 Caldwell: Town & Country Airpark (KF82) 34 km · Slaton Municipal Airport (KF49) 42 km · Littlefield Municipal Airport (KLIU) 43 km · Levelland Municipal Airport (KLLN) 45 km · Hale County Airport (KPVW) 50 km
Conditions reported at KLBB describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Caldwell specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Caldwell.
About Caldwell, Texas
Caldwell lies under a vast, wide sky that stretches out from the flat expanse of West Texas. It lies 14.3 miles north-north-west of Lubbock, TX (from Lubbock, TX: bearing 336°T), and is situated 8.0 miles south-west of Abernathy. The land here is a study in muted earth tones, ochre and pale tan, broken by the occasional stubborn mesquite or prickly pear cactus. Dust, fine as sifted flour, coats everything, catching the sunlight in a hazy shimmer that softens the sharp edges of the horizon. The air itself feels dry and thin, carrying the scent of dry grass and the distant, faint promise of rain that rarely seems to arrive. There's a quietude to Caldwell, a stillness that feels ancient, like the land itself has learned to hold its breath. The story of Caldwell is tied to the fertile soil and the enduring spirit of those who worked it. Agriculture, particularly cotton and grain farming, has long been the lifeblood of this place, the amber waves of wheat and the white bolls of cotton painting the seasons. While the boom and bust cycles of farming have shaped its economy, a resilience has taken root, a quiet determination to see the harvest through. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling tourist attractions; the beauty of Caldwell resides in its unvarnished authenticity, in the way the setting sun ignites the western sky with fiery hues, a daily spectacle for those who call this place home.
Live animated radar for Caldwell 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 | Caldwell, Lubbock County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 33.765916°N, 101.957672°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79363, 77836 |
| Area Code | 806, 409 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Caldwell, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Caldwell, 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 Caldwell includes coordinates 33.765916°N, 101.957672°W, situated in Lubbock County. ZIP code 79363, 77836. Telephone area code: 806, 409. 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.
