Palisades, Texas Weather
Palisades, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Palisades, Randall County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 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, 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 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. 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.
