Chico, Texas Weather
Chico, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Chico, Wise County.
Full aviation weather for Chico is published on the Bridgeport Municipal Airport (KXBP) page, 14 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 Chico 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 Chico: Decatur Municipal Airport (KLUD) 21 km · Lazy G Bar Ranch Airport (K09T) 28 km · Bowie Municipal Airport (K0F2) 34 km · Prose Field (KXA0) 51 km · Denton Enterprise Airport (KDTO) 57 km
Conditions reported at KXBP describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Chico specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Chico.
About Chico, Texas
Chico, Texas, unfolds across a landscape of gentle rises and shallow draws, where the earth exhales a subtle scent of sun-baked soil and wild grasses. It lies 37.1 miles north of Weatherford, TX (from Weatherford, TX: bearing 360°T), and is situated 6.5 miles north-north-west of Bridgeport. The sky here feels vast, an endless canvas where clouds drift like forgotten thoughts, casting fleeting shadows across the fields of mesquite and scattered oaks. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry warmth, a palpable presence that seems to slow the very pulse of things. Chico’s character is etched not in grand pronouncements, but in the quiet persistence of its rural setting, a place where the horizon stretches out with an invitation to look, and perhaps to linger. The foundations of Chico are rooted in the agricultural pulse of Wise County, a history written in the grain elevators that punctuate the skyline and the fertile ground that has sustained generations. Once a hub for cotton and later cattle, the local economy still finds its rhythm in the land, though new ventures have begun to sprout, adding a modern layer to the enduring agrarian spirit. The old railroad bed, now a ghost of industry, whispers tales of a busier past, a reminder of the connectivity that shaped its early days. Even now, the quiet hum of pickup trucks and the occasional distant lowing of cattle are the dominant sounds, a soundtrack to a life lived in close communion with the earth.
Live animated radar for Chico 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 | Chico, Wise County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 33.295946°N, 97.798924°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 76431 |
| Area Code | 254 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Chico, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chico, 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 Chico includes coordinates 33.295946°N, 97.798924°W, situated in Wise County. ZIP code 76431. Telephone area code: 254. 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.
