Morton, Texas Weather
Morton, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Morton, Cochran County.
Full aviation weather for Morton is published on the Cochran County Airport (KF85) page, 2 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 Morton 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 Morton: Levelland Municipal Airport (KLLN) 41 km · Littlefield Municipal Airport (KLIU) 41 km · Muleshoe Municipal Airport (K2T1) 52 km · Yoakum County Airport (KF98) 57 km
Conditions reported at KF85 describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Morton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Morton.
About Morton, Texas
Morton lies under a sky that stretches, impossibly wide and often a searing blue, across the flat, sun-baked plains of Cochran County. It lies 53.0 miles west-north-west of Lubbock, TX (from Lubbock, TX: bearing 281°T), and is situated 23.9 miles west-north-west of Levelland. The land here is a study in subtle hues of ochre and pale straw, broken by the stark, geometric lines of irrigation pivots that etch their circles onto the earth like cosmic doodles. Dust, a fine, persistent powder, coats everything, giving the sparse mesquite and hardy grasses a soft, muted sheen. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faint, sweet perfume of cotton blossoms in season, and the silence is a palpable thing, broken only by the distant drone of a tractor or the rustle of wind through the low-lying scrub. This is a place built on resilience and the steady, dependable rhythm of agriculture, where the economy has long been tethered to the bounty of the soil, primarily cotton and grain sorghum. Morton's history is etched into the lives of the families who have worked this land for generations, their stories interwoven with the rise and fall of commodity prices and the ever-present challenge of water. The town itself is a collection of sturdy, unassuming buildings, a testament to practical needs rather than grand ambitions, where neighbors know each other by name and the pace of life allows for a quiet contemplation of the vast horizon. The distinctive character of Morton is found in this unpretentious strength, in the enduring spirit of those who call this wide-open expanse home.
Live animated radar for Morton 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 | Morton, Cochran County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 33.725098°N, 102.759376°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 75640, 79346 |
| Area Code | 903, 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Morton, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Morton, 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 Morton includes coordinates 33.725098°N, 102.759376°W, situated in Cochran County. ZIP code 75640, 79346. Telephone area code: 903, 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.
