Ralls, Texas Weather
Ralls, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ralls, Crosby County.
Full aviation weather for Ralls is published on the Slaton Municipal Airport (KF49) page, 33 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 Ralls 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 Ralls: Floydada Municipal Airport (K41F) 37 km · Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport (KLBB) 40 km · Town & Country Airpark (KF82) 45 km · Post Garza County Municipal Airport (K5F1) 53 km
Conditions reported at KF49 describe the airfield itself. Weather 33 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ralls specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ralls.
About Ralls, Texas
Ralls rises from the wide, flat plains of West Texas, a place where the sky seems to stretch on forever, its blue an impossibly deep hue against the horizon. It lies 27.7 miles east-north-east of Lubbock, TX (from Lubbock, TX: bearing 76°T), and is situated 8.7 miles west of Crosbyton. Here, the landscape is a study in subtle textures: fields of cotton, their white bolls like scattered clouds in the summer sun, give way to the dusty ochre of dry earth, crisscrossed by the faint lines of irrigation ditches. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faint aroma of distant agriculture. Evenings bring a particular kind of stillness, broken only by the whisper of wind through sparse mesquite trees and the slow, deliberate turning of the day into twilight, when the light bleeds gold and rose across the vast expanse. The story of Ralls is deeply entwined with the land and the ambition of those who first settled it. Founded in the early 20th century, it quickly became a hub for the surrounding agricultural community, its fortunes tied to the cycles of planting and harvest, primarily cotton and grain. The railroad, a vital artery in its early days, still marks the town's core, a quiet reminder of bygone eras. While the agricultural economy remains the bedrock, the character of Ralls is also shaped by a resilient spirit, a quiet pragmatism born of living under the immense West Texas sky. There's a palpable sense of continuity here, a rhythm that has persisted through generations, marked by the enduring presence of family farms and the close-knit bonds that form in such expansive, open country.
Live animated radar for Ralls 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 | Ralls, Crosby County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 33.674252°N, 101.387656°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79357 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ralls, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ralls, 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 Ralls includes coordinates 33.674252°N, 101.387656°W, situated in Crosby County. ZIP code 79357. 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.
