Higgins, Texas Weather
Higgins, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Higgins, Lipscomb County.
Full aviation weather for Higgins is published on the Gage Heibeck Airport (KGAG) page, 30 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. 4 airfields within reach of Higgins 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 Higgins: Follett Lipscomb County Airport (KT93) 37 km · Hemphill County Airport (KHHF) 42 km · West Woodward Airport (KWWR) 57 km
Conditions reported at KGAG describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Higgins specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Higgins.
About Higgins, Texas
Higgins rests on a broad, gently rolling prairie, the kind of land that seems to stretch forever under a sky so vast it can make a person feel both insignificant and profoundly free. It lies 112.8 miles south of Dodge City, KS (from Dodge City, KS: bearing 180°T), and is situated 13.4 miles south-west of Shattuck. The landscape here is an uninterrupted expanse of cultivated fields – wheat and sorghum, mostly – broken only by the occasional cluster of cottonwood trees that gather around the farmsteads, their pale leaves rustling like secrets in the prevailing breeze. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the dust of the earth and the faint, sweet perfume of ripening grain, especially potent in the late afternoon when the sun begins its slow descent, casting long, amber shadows across the fields. The story of Higgins is one deeply rooted in the agricultural spirit of the Texas Panhandle, a place where resilience and hard work are not just virtues, but necessities. For generations, this has been a land where families have wrestled a living from the soil, their fortunes tied to the whims of the weather and the price of commodities. The local economy, though modest, hums with the quiet industry of grain elevators and the steady traffic of farming equipment, a testament to the enduring connection between the people of Higgins and the land they cultivate. It’s a place where the rhythm of life is set by the seasons, and where a sense of shared experience, born from the challenges and quiet triumphs of prairie living, binds its inhabitants together.
Live animated radar for Higgins 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 | Higgins, Lipscomb County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 36.119764°N, 100.02429°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77705, 79046 |
| Area Code | 281, 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Higgins, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Higgins, 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 Higgins includes coordinates 36.119764°N, 100.024290°W, situated in Lipscomb County. ZIP code 77705, 79046. Telephone area code: 281, 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.
