Dougherty, Texas Weather
Dougherty, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Dougherty, Floyd County.
Flight conditions near Dougherty. Data source: locating…
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dougherty.
About Dougherty, Texas
Dougherty sits under a vast, indifferent sky, where the land rolls out in an unbroken expanse of muted greens and ochres, stretching toward horizons that promise nothing but more of the same. It lies 50.8 miles east-north-east of Lubbock, TX (from Lubbock, TX: bearing 60°T), and is situated 11.0 miles north of Wake. The soil, a rich, dark loam, lies fallow or is stitched with the tenacious threads of cotton and wheat, yielding to the persistent sun and the occasional, sudden fury of wind. Here, the air itself feels ancient, carrying the scent of dry grasses and the faint, mineral tang of dust kicked up by unseen currents. The character of Dougherty is one of quiet endurance, a place where life unfolds at a pace dictated by the seasons and the steadfast rhythm of the earth, where the silence is broken only by the whisper of wind through the sparse mesquite and the distant, mournful cry of a hawk. The history of Dougherty is written in the amber waves of grain and the echoes of a simpler time. It was a settlement born of the railroad's promise, a hub for the agricultural bounty of Floyd County, where the economy was, and largely remains, tied to the cultivation of the land. Generations have worked this soil, their lives a testament to the unyielding spirit required to coax sustenance from these plains. Though the railroad tracks now lie silent, and the once-bustling depot is a faded memory, the legacy of those early days persists in the stoic faces of its residents and the enduring sense of community that binds them together. The distinctive character of Dougherty is its unassuming resilience, a quiet strength that has weathered economic shifts and the relentless march of time, leaving behind a place that feels both deeply rooted and eternally open to the immensity of the prairie sky.
Live animated radar for Dougherty 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Dougherty, Floyd County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 33.941745°N, 101.086535°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 75440, 79231 |
| Area Code | 972, 469, 806 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dougherty, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dougherty, 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 Dougherty includes coordinates 33.941745°N, 101.086535°W, situated in Floyd County. ZIP code 75440, 79231. Telephone area code: 972, 469, 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.
