Cottonwood, Texas Weather
Cottonwood, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cottonwood, Callahan County.
Full aviation weather for Cottonwood is published on the Gregory M. Simmons Memorial Airport (KGZN) page, 25 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. 5 airfields within reach of Cottonwood 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 Cottonwood: Eastland Municipal Airport (KETN) 44 km · Coleman Municipal Airport (KCOM) 45 km · Abilene Regional Airport (KABI) 50 km · Brownwood Regional Airport (KBWD) 52 km
Conditions reported at KGZN describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cottonwood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cottonwood.
About Cottonwood, Texas
Cottonwood rests in a landscape that whispers of resilience and dry, sun-baked earth. It lies 35.1 miles east-south-east of Abilene, TX (from Abilene, TX: bearing 118°T), and is situated 6.0 miles north-north-west of Cross Plains. The land here is a study in muted tones – dusty ochre and pale sagebrush stretching towards a horizon where the sky presses down with immense, blue authority. Scattered mesquite trees, their thorns like defiant punctuation marks, dot the mostly flat terrain, their roots gripping tenaciously into the thirsty soil. Occasionally, the land breaks into shallow draws, carved by the infrequent but powerful rains, carrying the scent of dry grass and the promise of distant, unseen water. The air itself has a fine, almost powdery feel, carrying the heat of the day long after the sun begins its slow descent, painting the western sky in hues of bruised plum and faded rose. This corner of Callahan County has a history as weathered and enduring as the land itself. Cottonwood, like many settlements in this part of Texas, owes its existence to the promise of agriculture and the enduring spirit of those who sought to tame the West. While cotton once dominated the fields, the local economy now leans more on the steady pulse of cattle ranching and the occasional oil rig, a modern echo of the resourcefulness that has always defined this place. There are no grand monuments or bustling boulevards in Cottonwood, but rather a quiet dignity in the weathered wood of its buildings and the unhurried way life unfolds. The true landmarks are the vast, open skies that stretch overhead, offering a profound sense of space and a connection to something ancient and untamed.
Live animated radar for Cottonwood 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 | Cottonwood, Callahan County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32.205968°N, 99.204512°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77872, 77808, 76691, 75158 |
| Area Code | 325, 214, 469 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cottonwood, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cottonwood, 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 Cottonwood includes coordinates 32.205968°N, 99.204512°W, situated in Callahan County. ZIP code 77872, 77808, 76691, 75158. Telephone area code: 325, 214, 469. 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.
