Sundown, Texas Weather
Sundown, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sundown, Hockley County.
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About Sundown, Texas
Sundown unfolds across the wide, flat expanse of Hockley County, a place where the horizon stretches with an almost audacious emptiness, broken only by the stoic silhouettes of distant oil pumps and the occasional windbreak of mesquite. It lies 37.5 miles west-south-west of Lubbock, TX (from Lubbock, TX: bearing 257°T), and is situated 11.1 miles south-west of Levelland. The land itself is a study in subtle shades of ochre and tan, a vast canvas under an immense sky that can shift from a searing, boundless blue to a bruised, dramatic purple as the day wanes. The air here carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faintest whisper of dust, and the sunlight at dusk possesses a peculiar, almost liquid quality, slanting long and golden across the sparse vegetation, imbuing the quiet landscape with a profound stillness. The history of Sundown is deeply entwined with the discovery and extraction of oil, a force that shaped its fortunes and continues to define its economy, even as agriculture, particularly cotton farming, holds a steady, enduring presence. This is a place where the rhythm of life is dictated by the seasons and the price of commodities, a steady pulse beneath the vast, open sky. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling marketplaces, but rather a quiet dignity in the weathered storefronts and the stoic resilience of its people, a character forged in the crucible of hard work and the unyielding spirit of the West Texas plains.
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| Location | Sundown, Hockley County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 33.456207°N, 102.489357°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79372, 79336 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sundown, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sundown, Texas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Sundown includes coordinates 33.456207°N, 102.489357°W, situated in Hockley County. ZIP code 79372, 79336. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
