Post, Texas Weather
Post, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Post, Garza County.
Full aviation weather for Post is published on the Post Garza County Municipal Airport (K5F1) page, 4 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 Post 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 Post: T Bar Airport (K2F4) 41 km · Slaton Municipal Airport (KF49) 42 km · Town & Country Airpark (KF82) 52 km
Conditions reported at K5F1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Post specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Post.
About Post, Texas
Post, Texas, is a place where the sky seems to stretch an infinite, pale blue canvas across a landscape of subtle, rolling plains, broken only by the occasional cluster of mesquite trees and the straight, unwavering lines of farm roads. It lies 38.4 miles south-east of Lubbock, TX (from Lubbock, TX: bearing 134°T), and is situated 22.9 miles south-east of Slaton. The air here carries a dry, clean scent, hinting at distant dust and the sun-baked earth, and the light, particularly as dusk begins its slow descent, washes over everything with a soft, golden hue, softening the sharp edges of the world. The land itself feels vast and unburdened, a gentle expanse that invites the eye to wander towards the horizon, where the earth and sky meet in a hazy, indistinct embrace. This is a landscape shaped by the persistent work of agriculture, particularly cotton and wheat, the very lifeblood that has sustained Post for generations. Founded by Charles William Post, the famed cereal magnate, the town was once a visionary agricultural experiment, a testament to his belief in the fertile potential of this seemingly stark terrain. While the grand agricultural ambitions of its founder may have evolved, the spirit of hard work and resilience endures, reflected in the quiet hum of activity that defines daily life in Post. The economy remains tethered to the land, a constant dialogue between man and the elements, punctuated by the rumble of tractors and the distant sigh of the wind across the open fields.
Live animated radar for Post 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 | Post, Garza County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 33.190928°N, 101.378194°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79356 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Post, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Post, 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 Post includes coordinates 33.190928°N, 101.378194°W, situated in Garza County. ZIP code 79356. 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.
