Girard, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Girard, Kent County.
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Girard rests in a broad, open country, where the land rolls with a quiet resilience, not in dramatic swells but in gentle, persistent inclinations. It lies 70.3 miles east-south-east of Lubbock, TX (from Lubbock, TX: bearing 102°T), and is situated 13.6 miles south-east of Spur. The sky here feels vast, an unbroken expanse of cerulean that can, in the heat of summer, bleach to a pale, shimmering white, and in the winter months, gather itself into bruised, bruised purples before a storm. Scattered mesquite trees, their branches gnarled like ancient hands, offer sparse shade, their thorns a constant, subtle reminder of the wildness that still breathes just beyond the cultivated fields. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, earthy scent, a mixture of sun-baked soil and the faint perfume of wildflowers that bloom defiantly in the ditches. The history of Girard is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of those who have worked this land. Its economy, like so many places in this part of Kent County, has long been tethered to the rhythms of agriculture, with cotton and cattle shaping the fortunes of families for generations. You can still see the ghosts of older ways in the weathered barns and the low-slung farmhouses, structures that have weathered countless seasons. The distinctive character of Girard lies in its quiet tenacity, a place where life unfolds at a steady, unpretentious pace, and where the shared experience of sun, soil, and sky binds its inhabitants together in a subtle, unspoken communion.
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| Location | Girard, Kent County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 33.362312°N, 100.662898°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79518 |
| 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 Girard, 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 Girard includes coordinates 33.362312°N, 100.662898°W, situated in Kent County. ZIP code 79518. 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.