Paducah, Texas Weather
Paducah, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Paducah, Cottle County.
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About Paducah, Texas
Paducah, Texas, lies under a vast, indifferent sky, a place where the horizon stretches like a sigh across undulating plains. It lies 94.1 miles east-north-east of Lubbock, TX (from Lubbock, TX: bearing 71°T), and is situated 29.2 miles south of Childress. The land here is a study in muted earth tones, ochre and dun blending into the dusty greens of hardy mesquite and sparse grasses that cling tenaciously to the soil. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a whisper of distant wind and sun-baked earth, and in the late afternoon, the light can descend in long, golden shafts, illuminating the quiet resilience of the landscape. There is a profound stillness here, broken only by the occasional call of a hawk or the low drone of a passing truck on a ribbon of asphalt that seems to lead nowhere and everywhere at once. This corner of Cottle County carries the deep imprint of its agricultural past, a legacy of hardworking hands that coaxed life from this often unforgiving terrain. For generations, the economy of Paducah has been tethered to the rhythms of the seasons, to the planting and harvesting of cotton and grain, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who chose to make their lives here. While the boom and bust cycles of commodity prices have shaped its fortunes, the heart of Paducah remains in its connection to the land and the quiet pride of its people, who have weathered droughts and economic shifts with a stoic grace. The local character is one of unpretentious neighborliness, a shared understanding born from living under the same wide sky.
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| Location | Paducah, Cottle County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 34.0123°N, 100.302059°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79248 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Paducah, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Paducah, Texas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Paducah includes coordinates 34.012300°N, 100.302059°W, situated in Cottle County. ZIP code 79248. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
