Midlothian, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Midlothian, Ellis County.
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Midlothian lies where the rolling hills of North Texas begin their subtle descent towards the Blackland Prairie, a landscape painted in broad strokes of emerald and ochre under a vast, ever-changing sky. It lies 7.7 miles south-south-west of Cedar Hill, TX (from Cedar Hill, TX: bearing 197°T), and is situated 9.2 miles west-south-west of Glenn Heights. The air here carries a dry, clean scent of sun-baked earth and distant pine, a perfume that deepens as the sun dips low, casting long shadows that stretch and blur the edges of the horizon. The terrain, a gentle undulation of fertile soil, is crisscrossed by shallow draws and dotted with the occasional cluster of mesquite and hardy oaks, their limbs reaching out like weathered hands. The quietude is profound, broken only by the rustle of wind through dry grasses or the distant, melodic call of a meadowlark. The story of Midlothian is deeply entwined with the rich, dark soil that has long sustained its prosperity. Originally settled as a farming community, its fortunes shifted with the discovery of high-quality cement rock, transforming the local economy and giving rise to the distinctive, towering kilns that punctuate the skyline. This industrial heritage, a legacy of hard work and innovation, is still palpable, a silent testament to the generations who quarried, ground, and fired the very foundations of cities across the state. Beyond the industrial hum, Midlothian retains a palpable sense of community, a place where neighborly waves are common currency and the pace of life allows for conversations that linger like the warmth of a summer afternoon. The town's character is a blend of the pragmatic and the pastoral, a place that has always looked to the horizon while keeping its roots firmly planted in the earth.
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| Location | Midlothian, Ellis County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32.482361°N, 96.994449°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 76065 |
| Area Code | 817, 682 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Midlothian, 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 Midlothian includes coordinates 32.482361°N, 96.994449°W, situated in Ellis County. ZIP code 76065. Telephone area code: 817, 682. 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.