Chalk, Texas Weather
Chalk, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Chalk, Cottle County.
Full aviation weather for Chalk is published on the Harrison Field of Knox City Airport (KF75) page, 62 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KF75 describe the airfield itself. Weather 62 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Chalk specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Chalk.
About Chalk, Texas
Chalk exists under a sky that seems to stretch to forever, a vast, unbroken canvas where clouds drift like forgotten dreams across the High Plains. It lies 96.0 miles east-north-east of Lubbock, TX (from Lubbock, TX: bearing 77°T), and is situated 10.3 miles south-south-east of Paducah. The land itself is a study in subtle resilience, a landscape of dry grasses and mesquite, punctuated by the occasional hardy scrub oak that clings tenaciously to the earth. Sun-bleached fence posts stand sentinel, their weathered wood whispering tales of seasons past, and the air, especially in the quiet hours of dawn and dusk, carries a dry, clean scent that is uniquely Texan. The very ground feels sun-baked, a testament to the persistent, unwavering heat that defines this place, and the horizon offers a constant, sweeping panorama that both humbles and inspires. The story of Chalk is one of wind-swept prairie and determined settlement, a place where life has long been intertwined with the cycles of agriculture and the enduring spirit of its people. For generations, the rich soil, when coaxed by rain and sweat, has yielded harvests of cotton and grain, forming the backbone of the local economy. Though the pace of life here is measured, a quiet industriousness underlies the everyday comings and goings; you can feel it in the way folks move, in the steady hum of machinery from distant fields. Chalk itself, a small nexus in this expansive territory, has seen its share of boom and bust, but the enduring character of its inhabitants, their deep connection to the land and to each other, remains its most distinctive and cherished feature.
Live animated radar for Chalk 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 | Chalk, Cottle County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 33.878415°N, 100.223443°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79248, 79234 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Chalk, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chalk, 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 Chalk includes coordinates 33.878415°N, 100.223443°W, situated in Cottle County. ZIP code 79248, 79234. 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.
