Novice, Texas Weather
Novice, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Novice, Coleman County.
Full aviation weather for Novice is published on the Coleman Municipal Airport (KCOM) page, 26 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 Novice 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 Novice: Winters Municipal Airport (K77F) 34 km · Abilene Regional Airport (KABI) 47 km · Dyess Air Force Base (KDYS) 53 km
Conditions reported at KCOM describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Novice specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Novice.
About Novice, Texas
Novice exhales a quiet breath of sun-baked earth under a sky that stretches, vast and indifferent, across the rolling plains of Coleman County. It lies 32.4 miles south-south-east of Abilene, TX (from Abilene, TX: bearing 169°T), and is situated 16.1 miles north-west of Coleman. The land here is a study in subtle resilience, a mosaic of dun-colored grasses and scattered mesquite, their thorny arms reaching with a patient tenacity. Dust devils, ephemeral dancers, occasionally pirouette across the baked clay, mirroring the slow, deliberate spin of the world as seen from the porch of a weathered farmhouse. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faintest whisper of distant cattle and the sharp, sweet perfume of wildflowers that bloom with improbable vigor after a rare rainfall, their colors a sudden, joyous exclamation against the muted landscape. The story of Novice is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of its people and the enduring rhythm of its agricultural heart. For generations, this corner of Texas has drawn its sustenance from the generous, if sometimes parched, soil, a legacy of cotton fields and ranching that still underpins the local economy. The few businesses that dot the landscape, their facades softened by years of sun and wind, speak of a simpler time, a place where neighborly nods and shared stories are as vital as the water from the well. A particular stillness pervades Novice, a sense that time moves at its own unhurried pace, allowing for contemplation and the quiet appreciation of the wide-open horizons that define this enduring patch of the Lone Star State.
Live animated radar for Novice 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 | Novice, Coleman County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 31.989587°N, 99.623686°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 75462, 79538 |
| Area Code | 972, 469, 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Novice, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Novice, 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 Novice includes coordinates 31.989587°N, 99.623686°W, situated in Coleman County. ZIP code 75462, 79538. Telephone area code: 972, 469, 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.
