Skellytown, Texas Weather
Skellytown, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Skellytown, Carson County.
Full aviation weather for Skellytown is published on the Perry Lefors Field (KPPA) page, 18 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 Skellytown 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 Skellytown: Green Acres Airfield (K28X) 22 km · Hutchinson County Airport (KBGD) 24 km · Panhandle Carson County Airport (KT45) 29 km · Miami Roberts County Airport (K3E0) 55 km
Conditions reported at KPPA describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Skellytown specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Skellytown.
About Skellytown, Texas
Skellytown exhales a quiet resilience under the vast, often-aching blue of the Texas Panhandle sky. It lies 43.9 miles north-east of Amarillo, TX (from Amarillo, TX: bearing 56°T), and is situated 9.7 miles north of White Deer. The land here is a study in subtle contours, a gentle sweep of earth that rolls with a patient grace, hinting at the ancient forces that shaped it. Dust, a fine, ochre powder, clings to everything, a constant reminder of the arid embrace of the plains, and in the late afternoon, it catches the sun's descent, turning the air into a hazy, golden wash that settles over the low-slung buildings and the occasional, determined tree. The wind, a ceaseless, invisible sculptor, whispers through the sparse grasses and around the stoic faces of the houses, carrying with it the scent of dry earth and the distant promise of rain. The roots of Skellytown are entwined with the discovery and extraction of oil, a history that echoes in the very name and in the enduring, if sometimes quiet, pulse of its economy. Once, this was a place where fortunes were sought and found beneath the surface, and though the boom times may have mellowed, the spirit of industriousness remains, a practical, no-nonsense character etched into the lives of its people. Farming and ranching, long the backbone of the broader region, still hold their ground here, their fields stretching towards horizons where the sky seems to begin and end. There is a singular, unpretentious beauty in the way life unfolds in Skellytown, a steady, deliberate cadence that feels as old and as enduring as the very land itself.
Live animated radar for Skellytown 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 | Skellytown, Carson County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 35.575322°N, 101.184324°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79080 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Skellytown, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Skellytown, 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 Skellytown includes coordinates 35.575322°N, 101.184324°W, situated in Carson County. ZIP code 79080. 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.
