Lipan, Texas Weather
Lipan, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lipan, Hood County.
Full aviation weather for Lipan is published on the Granbury Regional Airport (KGDJ) page, 22 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 Lipan 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 Lipan: Mineral Wells Regional Airport (KMWL) 29 km · Stephenville Clark Regional Airport (KSEP) 36 km · Parker County Airport (KWEA) 42 km · Possum Kingdom Airport (KF35) 58 km
Conditions reported at KGDJ describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lipan specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lipan.
About Lipan, Texas
Lipan stretches across a landscape painted in dusty greens and sun-baked browns, where mesquite trees cast spidery shadows and the horizon seems to stretch on forever. It lies 22.0 miles south-west of Weatherford, TX (from Weatherford, TX: bearing 221°T), and is situated 9.8 miles south-west of Dennis. The terrain rolls gently, a subtle undulation that hints at the ancient waterways that once carved through this land, now mostly slumbering beneath the dry earth. The air here carries the scent of dry grass and distant cattle, a quiet perfume that clings to the late afternoon light, turning the sky to a soft, bruised purple. A lone hawk circles lazily overhead, its wings catching the last of the sun's warmth, a silent sentinel over the sparse scatter of homes and weathered barns that comprise Lipan. This corner of Hood County whispers tales of a frontier past, a place where early settlers carved out lives from the stubborn Texas soil. Lipan's economy, like many in this region, has long been tied to the land, with cattle ranching and agriculture forming the backbone of its existence, though the modern world brings its own subtle shifts. The echoes of old roads, once trod by weary travelers and ambitious ranchers, can still be felt in the quiet way life unfolds. There's a deep-rooted sense of continuity here, a feeling that the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace, and the enduring spirit of those who came before is still very much alive in the quiet conversations on porch swings and the steadfastness of the community.
Live animated radar for Lipan 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 | Lipan, Hood County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32.518468°N, 98.045873°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 76462 |
| Area Code | 254 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lipan, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lipan, 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 Lipan includes coordinates 32.518468°N, 98.045873°W, situated in Hood County. ZIP code 76462. Telephone area code: 254. 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.
