Shafter, Texas Weather
Shafter, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Shafter, Presidio County.
Full aviation weather for Shafter is published on the Presidio Lely International Airport (KPRS) page, 21 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KPRS describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Shafter specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Shafter.
About Shafter, Texas
Shafter, Presidio County, Texas, is a place where the land itself seems to exhale slow, dusty breaths. It lies 173.7 miles south-east of Socorro, TX (from Socorro, TX: bearing 136°T), and is situated 18.4 miles north-north-east of Presidio. The horizon here is a clean, sharp line drawn by the unwavering sun, a stark contrast to the muted greens and browns of the scrubland that rolls out in every direction. Mesquite trees, their branches gnarled like ancient hands, offer scant shade, their thorns a constant reminder of the unforgiving nature of this arid expanse. The air, when it moves, carries the scent of dry earth and the faint, sweet perfume of unseen desert flowers, a fragrance that clings to everything and everyone. The silence is profound, broken only by the whisper of wind through brittle grasses or the distant, lonely cry of a hawk circling overhead, its shadow a fleeting stain on the parched ground. The history of Shafter is as deeply etched into the landscape as the dry arroyos that scar its surface. Once a bustling mining camp, drawn by the promise of silver, the town’s fortunes have long since shifted. Today, the echoes of those boom times can still be felt, a subtle undercurrent beneath the quiet pace of everyday life, though most of the old buildings have succumbed to the relentless sun and wind. The economy now leans on the hardy resilience of ranching and the sparse but persistent agricultural efforts that coax life from the desert soil. What remains is a spirit of enduring fortitude, a quiet pride in a place that demands much but offers a profound sense of stark, unadorned beauty to those who understand its language.
Live animated radar for Shafter 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 | Shafter, Presidio County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29.820173°N, 104.303253°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79843, 79850 |
| Area Code | 915 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Shafter, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shafter, 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 Shafter includes coordinates 29.820173°N, 104.303253°W, situated in Presidio County. ZIP code 79843, 79850. Telephone area code: 915. 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.
