O'Brien, Texas Weather
O'Brien, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for O'Brien, Haskell County.
Full aviation weather for O'Brien is published on the Harrison Field of Knox City Airport (KF75) page, 7 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 O'Brien 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 O'Brien: Haskell Municipal Airport (K15F) 24 km · Stonewall County Airport (KT60) 40 km · Arledge Field (KF56) 53 km
Conditions reported at KF75 describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at O'Brien specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for O'Brien.
About O'Brien, Texas
O'Brien, Texas, is a place where the sky feels as vast as eternity, stretching an unbroken canvas over land that rolls with the gentle, patient breath of the High Plains. It lies 64.7 miles north of Abilene, TX (from Abilene, TX: bearing 354°T), and is situated 3.0 miles south-south-west of Knox City. Here, the earth itself seems to hold its secrets close, a muted palette of ochre and pale green under a sun that can be both brilliant and benevolent. Sparse mesquite trees, their branches twisted into stoic poses by the wind, punctuate the horizon, offering scant shade in the wide-open spaces where the air, especially in the early morning and late afternoon, carries a dry, clean scent tinged with the subtle perfume of wild grasses. Dust devils, ephemeral dancers of grit and light, often pirouette across the fields, testament to the ceaseless, quiet work of the wind. The history of O'Brien is deeply entwined with the cultivation of the land, a story of resilience etched into the very character of its people. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile soil, carved out a life here, their efforts echoing in the quiet persistence of the agricultural economy that still defines the region. Cotton and grain have long been the sturdy pillars of O'Brien's livelihood, their cycles dictating the rhythm of life. While not a place of grand monuments, O'Brien possesses a distinctive spirit, a quiet strength born from generations of weathering the elements and finding beauty in the stark, unadorned landscapes. The glow of the setting sun, when it bleeds across the western sky in fiery hues, is a spectacle that needs no embellishment, painting the land in colors that linger long after dusk has settled.
Live animated radar for O'Brien 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 | O'Brien, Haskell County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 33.380096°N, 99.843704°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79539 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This O'Brien, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for O'Brien, 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 O'Brien includes coordinates 33.380096°N, 99.843704°W, situated in Haskell County. ZIP code 79539. Telephone area code: 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.
