Rainbow, Texas Weather
Rainbow, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rainbow, Somervell County.
Full aviation weather for Rainbow is published on the Granbury Regional Airport (KGDJ) page, 22 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. 5 airfields within reach of Rainbow 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 Rainbow: Cleburne Regional Airport (KCPT) 28 km · Fort Worth Spinks Airport (KFWS) 51 km · Sycamore Strip (K9F9) 53 km · Parker County Airport (KWEA) 54 km
Conditions reported at KGDJ describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rainbow specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rainbow.
About Rainbow, Texas
Rainbow lies in a landscape of rolling hills, where the dry grasses of the Texas prairie meet the scrubby resilience of mesquite trees. It lies 20.0 miles west-south-west of Cleburne, TX (from Cleburne, TX: bearing 254°T), and is situated 3.2 miles north-east of Glen Rose. The land here breathes a quiet, dusty heat, especially in the long afternoons when the sun bleeds gold across the horizon, softening the hard edges of the terrain. The sky, a vast, unblemished canvas, stretches endlessly, broken only by the occasional hawk circling on unseen currents. The very air seems to carry the scent of dry earth and distant livestock, a scent that clings to everything, imbuing the place with a palpable sense of its enduring, sun-baked character. Though its origins are humble, Rainbow once pulsed with the lifeblood of agriculture, its fields yielding cotton and grain under the relentless Texas sun. The echoes of that past can still be felt in the weathered barns and the quiet dignity of the old farmhouses that dot the countryside. Today, the economy of Rainbow has shifted, its rhythm dictated by a more dispersed pattern of livelihoods, with many residents commuting to larger centers for work, while others tend to the land in a more modern, less demanding fashion. Yet, a distinct local character persists, a resilience born from generations who understood the land's unforgiving beauty and the quiet strength required to thrive within it.
Live animated radar for Rainbow 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 | Rainbow, Somervell County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32.26542°N, 97.714194°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 76077 |
| Area Code | 817, 682 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rainbow, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rainbow, 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 Rainbow includes coordinates 32.265420°N, 97.714194°W, situated in Somervell County. ZIP code 76077. Telephone area code: 817, 682. 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.
