Moran, Texas Weather
Moran, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Moran, Shackelford County.
Full aviation weather for Moran is published on the Gregory M. Simmons Memorial Airport (KGZN) page, 24 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 Moran 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 Moran: Stephens County Airport (KBKD) 32 km · Eastland Municipal Airport (KETN) 37 km · Abilene Regional Airport (KABI) 51 km
Conditions reported at KGZN describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Moran specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Moran.
About Moran, Texas
Moran settles into the broad, sweeping plains of West Texas, where the sky is a boundless canvas and the land rolls out in shades of sun-baked ochre and pale, dusty green. It lies 33.8 miles east-north-east of Abilene, TX (from Abilene, TX: bearing 78°T), and is situated 15.5 miles north-west of Cisco. The terrain here is a gentle, undulating prairie, punctuated by the occasional mesquite tree, its thorny branches reaching like skeletal fingers towards the ever-present sun. A quiet stillness often pervades the air, broken only by the whisper of wind across dry grasses and the distant call of a hawk circling high above. The light, particularly in the late afternoon, casts long, dramatic shadows, imbuing the landscape with a stark, almost painterly beauty that is both desolate and profoundly alive. The history of Moran is deeply entwined with the agricultural heart of Shackelford County, a place built on the sturdy foundations of ranching and farming. For generations, this land has yielded its bounty, supporting families and shaping the character of its inhabitants, who possess a quiet resilience forged by the elements and the rhythms of the seasons. While the oil boom left its mark on many Texas towns, Moran retains a more pastoral soul, its economy still tethered to the land, where cattle graze on vast pastures and the promise of rain is a constant, prayerful hope. The distinctive scent of dry earth and wild sage hangs in the air, a constant reminder of the deep connection between the people and the soil that sustains them.
Live animated radar for Moran 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 | Moran, Shackelford County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32.547624°N, 99.165907°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 76464 |
| Area Code | 254 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Moran, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Moran, 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 Moran includes coordinates 32.547624°N, 99.165907°W, situated in Shackelford County. ZIP code 76464. 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.
