Dalhart, Texas Weather
Dalhart, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Dalhart, Dallam County.
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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.
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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 | July 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, 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 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. 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.
