Fort Davis, Texas Weather
Fort Davis, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fort Davis, Jeff Davis County.
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About Fort Davis, Texas
Fort Davis rises from the high desert, a scattering of buildings against a vast, sculpted landscape of rugged mountains and scrub-dotted plains. It lies 119.6 miles south-west of West Odessa, TX (from West Odessa, TX: bearing 224°T), and is situated 21.1 miles north-west of Alpine. The air here, even in the midday sun, carries a crispness, a thin, clear breath drawn from elevations that kiss the sky. Peaks, the color of sun-bleached bone and rust, stand sentinel over rolling hills that fade into hazy distances, their slopes etched with the dry veins of ephemeral creeks. The light, when it descends in the late afternoon, is a liquid gold, pooling in the shadowed canyons and illuminating the hardy, wind-bent junipers clinging to the rocky outcrops. This is a place where the silence is a tangible presence, broken only by the whisper of the wind and the distant cry of a hawk. The history of Fort Davis is deeply intertwined with the military presence that once defined it, a frontier outpost established to protect travelers and settlers traversing these wild territories. The old fort itself, now a national historic site, stands as a silent monument to those arduous days, its stone walls and parade grounds echoing with phantom footsteps. The local economy, once fueled by the needs of the military garrison and ranching, has found a new footing in tourism and the quiet pursuit of knowledge at the McDonald Observatory, its powerful telescopes gazing into the same star-dusted heavens that once guided soldiers and pioneers. The character of Fort Davis is one of resilient independence, shaped by the vastness of its surroundings and the enduring spirit of those who have called this high desert home.
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| Location | Fort Davis, Jeff Davis County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 30.588211°N, 103.894625°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79734 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fort Davis, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fort Davis, 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 Fort Davis includes coordinates 30.588211°N, 103.894625°W, situated in Jeff Davis County. ZIP code 79734. 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.
