Ovalo, Texas Weather
Ovalo, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ovalo, Taylor County.
Full aviation weather for Ovalo is published on the Dyess Air Force Base (KDYS) page, 28 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 Ovalo 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 Ovalo: Abilene Regional Airport (KABI) 29 km · Winters Municipal Airport (K77F) 30 km · Coleman Municipal Airport (KCOM) 53 km
Conditions reported at KDYS describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ovalo specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ovalo.
About Ovalo, Texas
Ovalo rests in a wide, open country where the sky feels vast and the horizon stretches out, unbroken. It lies 19.6 miles south-south-west of Abilene, TX (from Abilene, TX: bearing 193°T), and is situated 2.6 miles south-south-west of Tuscola. The land here is mostly flat, a gentle sweep of earth that rolls with subtle dips and rises, supporting scattered mesquite trees and hardy grasses that hold their color even in the dry seasons. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a dry warmth, a scent of sun-baked earth and distant dust. In the quiet of the evening, the silence is profound, broken only by the low hum of cicadas or the distant bark of a dog, and the light, as it softens, turns the pale landscape to shades of ochre and rose. Ovalo's roots are tied to the cattle ranches that once defined this part of Taylor County, a legacy still present in the weathered fences and the occasional herd moving across the open spaces. The local economy, though diversified, still feels the pulse of agriculture, with cotton fields and grazing land shaping the terrain and the livelihoods of its people. It's a place where history is not a grand pronouncement but a quiet understanding, built into the very grain of the land and the stoic character of its inhabitants. The rhythm of life in Ovalo is unhurried, a steady cadence that mirrors the slow, deliberate growth of the crops and the patient turning of the seasons.
Live animated radar for Ovalo 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 | Ovalo, Taylor County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32.172913°N, 99.807865°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79541 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ovalo, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ovalo, 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 Ovalo includes coordinates 32.172913°N, 99.807865°W, situated in Taylor County. ZIP code 79541. 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.
