Palisades, Texas Weather
Palisades, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Palisades, Randall County.
Full aviation weather for Palisades is published on the Tradewind Airport (KTDW) page, 12 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. 6 airfields within reach of Palisades 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 Palisades: Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (KAMA) 19 km · Panhandle Carson County Airport (KT45) 52 km · Hereford Municipal Airport (KHRX) 53 km · City of Tulia-Swisher County Municipal Airport (KI06) 55 km · Oldham County Airport (KE52) 57 km
Conditions reported at KTDW describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Palisades specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Palisades.
About Palisades, Texas
Palisades sits under a vast, ever-shifting sky that paints the High Plains in broad strokes of light and shadow. It lies 11.2 miles south of Amarillo, TX (from Amarillo, TX: bearing 172°T), and is situated 8.7 miles north-east of Canyon. The land here unfurls in a gentle, almost imperceptible dip and rise, a subtle topography that belies its ancient origins. Sparse grasses, resilient and wind-whipped, cling to the ochre-toned earth, dotted with hardy mesquite trees whose thorns speak of enduring the sun's persistent gaze. The air, particularly in the long afternoons, carries a dry, clean scent, a distillation of dust and distant rain, and the silence is profound, broken only by the whisper of the wind or the distant, mournful cry of a hawk circling high above. The history of Palisades is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of those who worked this challenging terrain. Early settlers, drawn by promises of fertile soil, found a different kind of prosperity in the vast rangelands, shaping an economy that has long been tethered to cattle ranching. The legacy of those hardy pioneers is evident in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture that characterizes Palisades, buildings that have weathered decades of prairie storms and scorching summers. While agriculture remains a vital thread, the quiet hum of commerce here is steady, reflecting a community that values resilience and resourcefulness, its distinctive character forged in the crucible of wide-open spaces and a deep connection to the land.
Live animated radar for Palisades 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 | Palisades, Randall County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 35.061721°N, 101.802409°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79118 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Palisades, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Palisades, 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 Palisades includes coordinates 35.061721°N, 101.802409°W, situated in Randall County. ZIP code 79118. 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.
