Seth Ward, Texas Weather
Seth Ward, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Seth Ward, Hale County.
Full aviation weather for Seth Ward is published on the Hale County Airport (KPVW) page, 5 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 Seth Ward 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 Seth Ward: Joe Vaughn Spraying Airport (K29F) 21 km · City of Tulia-Swisher County Municipal Airport (KI06) 40 km · Floydada Municipal Airport (K41F) 40 km
Conditions reported at KPVW describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Seth Ward specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Seth Ward.
About Seth Ward, Texas
Seth Ward lies under a vast, indifferent sky, a place where the land stretches out in a near-endless, flat expanse. It lies 44.8 miles north-north-east of Lubbock, TX (from Lubbock, TX: bearing 12°T), and is situated 2.1 miles north-north-east of Plainview. The terrain is predominantly agricultural, a patchwork of fields that shift in color with the seasons, from the deep greens of growing crops to the ochre dust of harvested earth. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faint aroma of distant rain that may or may not arrive. A subtle shimmer often rises from the sun-baked ground, softening the sharp edges of the horizon and lending a dreamlike quality to the already stark beauty of the High Plains. The roads, ribbons of grey asphalt, cut straight lines across this immense canvas, leading the eye towards distant, solitary farmhouses and the occasional grain elevator, silent sentinels against the immensity of the sky. The history of Seth Ward is etched in the labor of those who sought to coax life from this seemingly unyielding soil. Founded in an era when westward expansion was driven by the promise of fertile land, its economy has always been deeply entwined with agriculture, the cyclical rhythms of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of life. For generations, cotton and grain have been the primary crops, their cultivation demanding resilience and an intimate understanding of the land's subtle moods. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring spirit of its people, their quiet determination to build a life here, stands as the most notable feature of Seth Ward. The town, though small, carries a sense of rootedness, a testament to the enduring human impulse to find home in even the most challenging landscapes.
Live animated radar for Seth Ward 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.
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| Location | Seth Ward, Hale County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 34.211737°N, 101.690175°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79072 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Seth Ward, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Seth Ward, 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 Seth Ward includes coordinates 34.211737°N, 101.690175°W, situated in Hale County. ZIP code 79072. 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.
