Channing, Texas Weather
Channing, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Channing, Hartley County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Channing.
About Channing, Texas
Channing is a place where the sky feels vast, an endless canvas stretching over a landscape sculpted by wind and sun. It lies 42.5 miles north-west of Amarillo, TX (from Amarillo, TX: bearing 319°T), and is situated 14.4 miles south-south-east of Hartley. The land here, a gentle sweep of prairie grass and stoic mesquite, rolls out towards horizons that blur into a hazy, pale blue. Dust devils, ephemeral dancers, swirl across the dry earth, their brief pirouettes a fleeting testament to the persistent forces that shape this high plains country. Evenings bring a special kind of stillness, a quiet settling of the world as the sun dips low, painting the clouds in hues of apricot and rose, and the air, still warm from the day, carries the faint, dry scent of sun-baked earth and distant cattle. The story of Channing is deeply entwined with the railroads that once thrummed through this territory, a lifeline for the early settlers drawn by the promise of fertile soil that lay dormant beneath the grass. Cattle ranching became the enduring heartbeat of the local economy, a tradition that continues to define the character of Hartley County. Though the great herds of the past have dwindled, the spirit of the cowboy and the land persists in the small businesses and the unhurried rhythm of daily life. Here, the past is not a museum piece but a living current, felt in the weathered facades of buildings and the quiet pride of those who call Channing home.
Live animated radar for Channing and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Channing, Hartley County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 35.683654°N, 102.330195°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79018 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Channing, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Channing, Texas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Channing includes coordinates 35.683654°N, 102.330195°W, situated in Hartley County. ZIP code 79018. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
