Happy, Texas Weather
Happy, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Happy, Swisher County.
Full aviation weather for Happy is published on the City of Tulia-Swisher County Municipal Airport (KI06) page, 21 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. 5 airfields within reach of Happy have their own pages, listed below.
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.
Other airports near Happy: Joe Vaughn Spraying Airport (K29F) 40 km · Hereford Municipal Airport (KHRX) 45 km · Tradewind Airport (KTDW) 48 km · Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (KAMA) 54 km
Conditions reported at KI06 describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Happy specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Happy.
About Happy, Texas
Happy, Texas, unfolds under a sky that seems to stretch forever, a vast, pale blue canvas brushed with wisps of cloud that drift with the slow deliberation of a farmer's contemplation. It lies 33.1 miles south of Amarillo, TX (from Amarillo, TX: bearing 182°T), and is situated 16.8 miles south-south-east of Canyon. The land here is a study in subtle contours, a rolling expanse where the earth dips and rises in gentle, almost imperceptible swells, cloaked in the muted greens and ochres of native grasses and the stubborn resilience of mesquite. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a whisper of sun-baked earth and distant, unseen rain. In the quiet of late afternoon, the light takes on a honeyed quality, bathing the scattered farmhouses and the low, sturdy buildings of the business district in a warm, almost liquid glow, imbuing the very stillness with a profound sense of peace. The history of Happy is written not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of those who have coaxed a living from this often-challenging terrain. Founded with the hopeful dreams of settlers seeking fertile ground, the town's economy has long been tethered to the land, its fortunes tied to the cycles of planting and harvest, primarily cotton and wheat, that define the rhythm of Swisher County. The echoes of these agricultural roots are still palpable in the weathered barns and the quiet dignity of the grain elevators that punctuate the horizon. Though life moves at a pace dictated by the seasons rather than the clock, there's a quiet pride that permeates Happy, a deep-seated connection to the land and to each other that forms the bedrock of this resilient prairie community.
Live animated radar for Happy 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 | Happy, Swisher County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 34.74367°N, 101.854632°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79042 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Happy, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Happy, 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 Happy includes coordinates 34.743670°N, 101.854632°W, situated in Swisher County. ZIP code 79042. 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. 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.
