Sylvester, Texas Weather
Sylvester, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sylvester, Fisher County.
Full aviation weather for Sylvester is published on the Avenger Field (KSWW) page, 34 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 Sylvester 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 Sylvester: Dyess Air Force Base (KDYS) 50 km · Stonewall County Airport (KT60) 50 km · Arledge Field (KF56) 53 km
Conditions reported at KSWW describe the airfield itself. Weather 34 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sylvester specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sylvester.
About Sylvester, Texas
Sylvester rests in a wide expanse of West Texas, where the land rolls in subtle waves under an immense sky, a canvas painted with the muted golds and ochres of dry grasses. It lies 35.7 miles west-north-west of Abilene, TX (from Abilene, TX: bearing 302°T), and is situated 7.4 miles east-south-east of Roby. The air, when it moves, carries the faint, dry scent of mesquite and the distant whisper of wind across the plains, a sound that seems to have been here since the beginning. Here, under a sun that can be both fiercely bright and mellow in its setting, the landscape offers a quiet, enduring beauty, a place where the horizon stretches out, unbroken, and the silence itself feels substantial. Scattered cottonwood trees, stoic sentinels against the persistent sun, offer sparse shade along the occasional arroyo, their leaves a vibrant green against the dusty earth. The story of Sylvester is written in the persistent cultivation of the land and the enduring spirit of its people. Agriculture, particularly cotton and grain, has long been the lifeblood of this region, a testament to the resilience required to coax sustenance from this semi-arid earth. The quiet hum of tractors in the fields, often heard as the sun begins its descent, is the modern echo of generations who have worked this soil. While Sylvester may not boast grand historical monuments, its history is present in the weathered paint of its older buildings, in the memories held by its long-time residents, and in the slow, steady rhythm of life that still prevails, a gentle counterpoint to the vastness surrounding it.
Live animated radar for Sylvester 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 | Sylvester, Fisher County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32.720944°N, 100.254271°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79560 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sylvester, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sylvester, 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 Sylvester includes coordinates 32.720944°N, 100.254271°W, situated in Fisher County. ZIP code 79560. 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.
