Olden, Texas Weather
Olden, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Olden, Eastland County.
Full aviation weather for Olden is published on the Eastland Municipal Airport (KETN) page, 6 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 Olden 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 Olden: Gregory M. Simmons Memorial Airport (KGZN) 26 km · Stephens County Airport (KBKD) 36 km · Comanche County City Airport (KMKN) 58 km · Stephenville Clark Regional Airport (KSEP) 58 km
Conditions reported at KETN describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Olden specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Olden.
About Olden, Texas
Olden unfolds across a landscape that wears its Texas plains character with a quiet, sun-baked dignity. It lies 57.3 miles east of Abilene, TX (from Abilene, TX: bearing 92°T), and is situated 4.1 miles east-north-east of Eastland. The land here is a study in subtle, rolling terrain, punctuated by the hardy, scrubby brush that clings to the earth, a testament to resilience under a vast, indifferent sky. Mesquite trees, their branches gnarled like old hands, offer sparse shade, and the air itself carries a dry, dusty scent, thick with the promise of heat and the faint, sweet perfume of wildflowers that bloom with defiant bursts of color after the infrequent rains. The horizon stretches wide and unbroken, a canvas where clouds drift lazily, painting fleeting shadows on the ochre soil. This is a place where history is not etched in grand monuments but whispered in the wind that sifts through weathered fences and across fields that once knew a different kind of labor. Olden’s economy has long been tied to the bounty of the land, with ranching and agriculture forming the backbone of its existence, a tradition stretching back to the early settlers who tamed this rough country. You can still see the echoes of that past in the sturdy, low-slung buildings that line the main thoroughfare, their paint faded by decades of sun and wind, and in the unhurried rhythm of life that persists here, a stark contrast to the clamor of busier places. The oil fields, a more recent chapter, have brought their own kind of boom and bust, leaving behind a complex legacy written in the land.
Live animated radar for Olden 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 | Olden, Eastland County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32.41902°N, 98.750894°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 76448, 76466 |
| Area Code | 254 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Olden, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Olden, 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 Olden includes coordinates 32.419020°N, 98.750894°W, situated in Eastland County. ZIP code 76448, 76466. 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.
