Dawn, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Dawn, Deaf Smith County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dawn.
Dawn broke over Deaf Smith County not with a dramatic flourish, but as a slow exhalation of muted gold across an immense canvas of sky. It lies 30.0 miles south-west of Amarillo, TX (from Amarillo, TX: bearing 224°T), and is situated 16.6 miles west-south-west of Canyon. The land here, a vast, flat expanse that seemed to drink the very light, stretched to horizons so distant they blurred into a hazy promise. Sparse mesquite and hardy grama grass, tough and resilient, punctuated the earth, their muted greens and browns the only counterpoint to the overwhelming ochre of the soil. The air, even at this early hour, carried a dry warmth, a whisper of the sun’s insistent presence, and the scent of distant, tilled earth. It was a landscape that demanded patience, a place where the sky was the dominant architect and the land, a quiet, steadfast foundation. This is country etched by wind and the tenacious roots of agriculture, a place where the economy has long been tied to the bounty of the soil. For generations, wheat and cattle have been the lifeblood of Dawn, their rhythms dictating the pulse of the land and its people. The county’s history is one of hardy pioneers, of families who wrestled sustenance from this seemingly unforgiving terrain, building a legacy of self-reliance and quiet determination. You see it in the weathered barns, the stoic silos that stand sentinel against the endless sky, and in the unhurried way life unfolds in Dawn itself, a testament to a community that understands the enduring value of hard work and the vast, open spaces it calls home.
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| Location | Dawn, Deaf Smith County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 34.910337°N, 102.19992°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79025 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dawn, 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 Dawn includes coordinates 34.910337°N, 102.199920°W, situated in Deaf Smith County. ZIP code 79025. 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.