Cranfills Gap, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cranfills Gap, Bosque County.
Full aviation weather for Cranfills Gap is published on the Gatesville Municipal Airport (KGOP) page, 39 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. 3 airfields within reach of Cranfills Gap 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 Cranfills Gap: McGregor Executive Airport (KPWG) 58 km · Waco Regional Airport (KACT) 59 km
Conditions reported at KGOP describe the airfield itself. Weather 39 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cranfills Gap specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cranfills Gap.
Cranfills Gap unfolds across a landscape of gentle, rolling prairie, where the land rises and falls in soft, sweeping contours. It lies 42.8 miles west-north-west of Waco, TX (from Waco, TX: bearing 291°T), and is situated 14.6 miles west of Clifton. The sky here feels vast, an expansive dome that stretches from horizon to horizon, often painted with the bruised purples and molten golds of a Texas sunset. Scattered mesquite trees, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers, punctuate the fields, and the air often carries the dry, sweet scent of sun-baked earth and wild grasses. This is a place where the wind is a constant companion, whispering secrets through the tall bluestem and rustling the leaves of the occasional live oak that offers a sparse, welcome shade. This corner of Bosque County carries the quiet legacy of Scandinavian immigrants who found purchase in this fertile soil, their heritage still visible in the enduring architecture and the resilient spirit of its people. For generations, the economy of Cranfills Gap has been tethered to the land, with cattle ranching and farming forming the bedrock of its livelihood. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the seasons, by the planting and the harvest, and by the slow, steady turning of the days. A distinctive feature is the presence of the Norwegian Ridge, a local landmark that speaks to the area's unique cultural origins, a reminder of the determined hands that shaped this place.
Live animated radar for Cranfills Gap 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 | Cranfills Gap, Bosque County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 31.773766°N, 97.82586°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 76637 |
| Area Code | 325 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cranfills Gap, 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 Cranfills Gap includes coordinates 31.773766°N, 97.825860°W, situated in Bosque County. ZIP code 76637. Telephone area code: 325. 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.