Roby, Texas Weather
Roby, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Roby, Fisher County.
Full aviation weather for Roby is published on the Avenger Field (KSWW) page, 32 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 Roby 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 Roby: Stonewall County Airport (KT60) 50 km · Winston Field (KSNK) 54 km · Kent County Airport (K22F) 57 km
Conditions reported at KSWW describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Roby specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Roby.
About Roby, Texas
Roby sits under a sky so vast it seems to stretch the very notion of distance, a wide, flat expanse broken only by the low, rolling contours of the land and the occasional, stoic silhouette of a mesquite tree. It lies 42.7 miles west-north-west of Abilene, TX (from Abilene, TX: bearing 299°T), and is situated 9.0 miles south-east of Rotan. The soil here, a pale ochre, drinks the relentless Texas sun, and in the early mornings, before the heat truly takes hold, a fine, almost crystalline dust rises with every passing vehicle, catching the nascent light in a brief, shimmering haze. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a blend of sun-baked earth and the faint, sweet perfume of wild grasses that carpet the edges of the asphalt roads. There's a quietude to Roby, a deep, settled stillness that feels less like emptiness and more like a patient waiting, a readiness for whatever the day might bring across these open plains. The story of Roby is etched into the rhythm of the seasons and the enduring spirit of agriculture that has long defined this corner of Fisher County. Ranching and crop farming, particularly cotton and wheat, still form the backbone of the local economy, a legacy passed down through generations who learned to coax life from this often unforgiving terrain. The faint echo of earlier boom times, perhaps tied to oil exploration or the expansion of the railroads, can still be felt in the weathered facades of some of the older buildings that line the main street, each one a silent witness to the ebb and flow of fortunes. There are no grand monuments or bustling attractions in Roby, just the steady hum of daily life, the friendly nod of a stranger, and the profound, undeniable beauty of a landscape that asks for nothing more than to simply be.
Live animated radar for Roby 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 | Roby, Fisher County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32.744831°N, 100.377607°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79543 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Roby, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Roby, 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 Roby includes coordinates 32.744831°N, 100.377607°W, situated in Fisher County. ZIP code 79543. 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.
