Sidney, Texas Weather
Sidney, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sidney, Comanche County.
Full aviation weather for Sidney is published on the Comanche County City Airport (KMKN) page, 13 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 Sidney 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 Sidney: Brownwood Regional Airport (KBWD) 27 km · Eastland Municipal Airport (KETN) 52 km · Gregory M. Simmons Memorial Airport (KGZN) 54 km · Goldthwaite Municipal Airport (KT37) 59 km
Conditions reported at KMKN describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sidney specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sidney.
About Sidney, Texas
Sidney rests on a broad, sun-baked plain, where the land rolls away in gentle swells towards a horizon that seems to stretch into forever. It lies 67.7 miles east-south-east of Abilene, TX (from Abilene, TX: bearing 120°T), and is situated 8.6 miles west-north-west of Comanche. The sky here is a vast canvas, often a piercing blue, broken only by the occasional scudding cloud that casts fleeting shadows across the sparse mesquite and hardy grasses. The air, even in the cooler months, carries a dry, clean scent, hinting at the distant Edwards Plateau. The few structures of Sidney are widely spaced, their weathered wood and pale paint blending into the muted tones of the landscape, giving the impression of a place that has patiently yielded to the elements. A quiet dignity pervades the scene, the kind born of enduring, of simply being present under an immense and indifferent sky. The history of Sidney is as deep-rooted and resilient as the scrub oak that dots the surrounding country. It grew from the needs of those who worked the land, a place for supplies and fellowship in a region that demanded grit and perseverance. The local economy, once more heavily tied to ranching and agriculture, now sees a more diversified approach, though the spirit of self-reliance remains. While no grand monuments mark its passage, the enduring character of Sidney is evident in the quiet hum of daily life, in the way neighbors still know and look out for one another. The faint scent of dust, kicked up by the infrequent passing vehicle, carries with it the whispers of generations who have called this wide-open country home.
Live animated radar for Sidney 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 | Sidney, Comanche County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 31.949312°N, 98.737273°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 76474 |
| Area Code | 254 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sidney, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sidney, 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 Sidney includes coordinates 31.949312°N, 98.737273°W, situated in Comanche County. ZIP code 76474. Telephone area code: 254. 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.
