Cottonwood, Texas Weather
Cottonwood, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Cottonwood, Kaufman County.
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About Cottonwood, Texas
Cottonwood lies in a landscape of subtle, low-lying hills, where the earth, a rich, dark loam, readily yields to the plough and the persistent Texas sun. It lies 20.0 miles south-south-east of Forney, TX (from Forney, TX: bearing 166°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south-south-west of Kaufman. The air here, especially in the late afternoons of spring, carries a faint, sweet scent of freshly turned soil and the distant, almost imperceptible hum of cicadas beginning their evening chorus. Scattered stands of post oak and mesquite punctuate the rolling terrain, their branches reaching out like gnarled hands against the vast, often crystalline blue of the sky. The land itself feels ancient and patient, a place where the wind shapes the grass in slow, deliberate waves, and the heat of the day seems to settle into the very bones of the earth. This particular stretch of Kaufman County has long been defined by its agricultural roots, a legacy etched into the very way the land is managed, with fields of cotton and sorghum stretching towards the horizon. The local economy, though diversified in recent years, still echoes the rhythm of the harvest, the quiet hum of machinery a familiar sound during certain seasons. Cottonwood itself, a place that has seen generations of families work this ground, holds a quiet resilience, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have called it home. Its character is one of understated endurance, a community built on the steady labour of its people, where the pace of life is dictated more by the sun and seasons than by any clock.
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| Location | Cottonwood, Kaufman County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32.467917°N, 96.38915°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77872, 77808, 76691, 75158 |
| Area Code | 325, 214, 469 |
| Page generated | July 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, 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 Cottonwood includes coordinates 32.467917°N, 96.389150°W, situated in Kaufman 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. 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.
