Copperas Cove, Texas Weather
Copperas Cove, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Copperas Cove, Coryell County.
Full aviation weather for Copperas Cove is published on the Killeen Regional Airport / Robert Gray Army Airfield (KGRK) page, 10 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 Copperas Cove 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 Copperas Cove: Skylark Field (KILE) 21 km · Gatesville Municipal Airport (KGOP) 35 km · Draughon Miller Central Texas Regional Airport (KTPL) 47 km
Conditions reported at KGRK describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Copperas Cove specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Copperas Cove, Texas
Copperas Cove unfurls across a landscape that whispers of ancient earth and resilient growth. It lies 8.2 miles west of Fort Hood, TX (from Fort Hood, TX: bearing 262°T), and is situated 6.6 miles east-north-east of Kempner. The terrain here, a gentle series of rises and dips, is cut by intermittent streams and arroyos, dry beds that awaken with the sudden generosity of Texas rains, their sandy bottoms a tapestry of sun-baked clay and scattered river stones. Oak trees, their limbs gnarled and reaching like arthritic fingers, anchor the ochre soil, their leaves a deep, enduring green that offers a cool respite under the vast, ever-shifting sky. The air itself carries a faint, earthy scent, a blend of dry grass, distant mesquite, and the subtle, mineral tang of the very ground beneath. The story of Copperas Cove is one of adaptation and quiet endurance, a narrative woven from the threads of frontier settlement and military presence. For generations, the land sustained a modest agricultural economy, its fertile pockets yielding crops under the relentless Texas sun. Later, the proximity to military installations brought a new dynamic, infusing the local character with a blend of seasoned residents and transient families, each contributing to the town's evolving identity. This confluence has shaped Copperas Cove into a place where the echoes of its past are felt not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the unpretentious beauty of its rolling hills.
Live animated radar for Copperas Cove 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.
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| Location | Copperas Cove, Coryell County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 31.124062°N, 97.903078°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 76522 |
| Area Code | 254 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Copperas Cove, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Copperas Cove, 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 Copperas Cove includes coordinates 31.124062°N, 97.903078°W, situated in Coryell County. ZIP code 76522. 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.
