Dalhart, Texas Weather
Dalhart, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Dalhart, Dallam County.
Full aviation weather for Dalhart is published on the Dalhart Municipal Airport (KDHT) page, 5 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 Dalhart 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 Dalhart: Moore County Airport (KDUX) 50 km · Stratford Field (KH70) 52 km
Conditions reported at KDHT describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dalhart specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Dalhart, Texas
Dalhart rises from the high plains, a place where the sky feels vast enough to swallow whole horizons. It lies 69.4 miles north-north-west of Amarillo, TX (from Amarillo, TX: bearing 327°T), and is situated 13.7 miles north-north-west of Hartley. The land here rolls in broad, sweeping gestures, a canvas of tawny grasses and resilient crops stretching under an immense dome of blue, punctuated by the occasional windbreak of cottonwoods or the sharp silhouette of a distant grain elevator. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, sometimes tinged with the earthy perfume of freshly tilled soil, and the light, especially at the cusp of evening, can transform the landscape into a tableau of burnished gold and deep, bruised purples, a fleeting, silent spectacle. The town itself, a constellation of sturdy buildings, seems to hold its breath against the endless expanse, a human anchor in the indifferent immensity. This corner of the plains, where Texas meets New Mexico and Oklahoma, has long been a crossroads, its history etched not in grand monuments, but in the persistent spirit of those who have coaxed life from this often-challenging terrain. Dalhart’s origins are tied to the arrival of the railroad, a silver ribbon that brought commerce and settlement to this formerly unforgiving frontier. Today, the local economy still hums with the steady rhythm of agriculture and ranching; cattle graze on wind-swept pastures, and the golden bounty of wheat and sorghum dictates the seasons. A distinctive feature is the presence of the XIT Ranch Museum, a nod to the legendary cattle empire that once spanned these very lands, a reminder of the pioneering grit that laid the foundation for Dalhart’s enduring character.
Live animated radar for Dalhart 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 | Dalhart, Dallam County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 36.059477°N, 102.51325°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79022 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dalhart, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dalhart, 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 Dalhart includes coordinates 36.059477°N, 102.513250°W, situated in Dallam County. ZIP code 79022. Telephone area code: 806. 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.
