Hackberry, Texas Weather
Hackberry, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hackberry, Cottle County.
Full aviation weather for Hackberry is published on the Childress Municipal Airport (KCDS) page, 57 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Conditions reported at KCDS describe the airfield itself. Weather 57 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hackberry specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hackberry.
About Hackberry, Texas
Hackberry lies under a sky so vast it seems to hold its breath, a landscape of rolling mesquite flats and stretches of pale, sun-baked earth that whisper of resilience. It lies 94.8 miles west of Wichita Falls, TX (from Wichita Falls, TX: bearing 271°T), and is situated 10.4 miles east-south-east of Paducah. The land here is not dramatic, but it possesses a quiet strength, a tapestry of muted greens and ochres under the relentless Texas sun, broken only by the sparse, enduring shapes of cedar and the ubiquitous hackberry trees themselves, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers toward the horizon. The air, especially in the early morning or late afternoon, carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faint perfume of wild sage and the dust kicked up by the infrequent passage of a truck. The very character of Hackberry is etched into this open expanse, a testament to those who have found a life here, a place where the wind is a constant companion, shaping the land and the spirit of its inhabitants. This corner of West Texas, the historic heart of ranching country, has always been defined by the land and the labor it demands. The economy of Hackberry, like much of Cottle County, has long been tethered to the cycles of cattle and cotton, the enduring backbone of rural Texas. While the days of vast, untamed ranges have softened, the spirit of self-reliance and hardy practicality remains. Few landmarks punctuate the horizon, but the scattered ranches and the modest cluster of buildings that form Hackberry itself speak of generations who understood the deep rhythms of this place, where a good rainfall is cause for quiet celebration and the long, slow days are measured by the sun's arc across an endless sky.
Live animated radar for Hackberry 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.
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| Location | Hackberry, Cottle County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 33.932303°N, 100.147608°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79356, 79248, 78956, 75036 |
| Area Code | 830, 214, 469, 972 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hackberry, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hackberry, Texas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. 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 Hackberry includes coordinates 33.932303°N, 100.147608°W, situated in Cottle County. ZIP code 79356, 79248, 78956, 75036. Telephone area code: 830, 214, 469, 972. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. 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.
