Telephone, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Telephone, Fannin County.
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Telephone, Texas, rests in a landscape of softly rolling hills, where the land exhales a subtle fragrance of damp earth and pine needles after a summer rain. It lies 29.8 miles east of Denison, TX (from Denison, TX: bearing 86°T), and is situated 8.6 miles east-north-east of Ivanhoe. The terrain here is not dramatic, but possesses a quiet, persistent beauty, a gentle contour that invites contemplation. Sunlight, when it breaks through the scattered clouds, paints the fields in broad strokes of gold and emerald, catching the dew on the sparse grasses like scattered diamonds. The air itself carries a certain stillness, broken only by the distant hum of a tractor or the chirping chorus of unseen insects, a quiet symphony that underscores the profound peace of this rural corner of Fannin County. The history of Telephone is interwoven with the agricultural spirit of North Texas, a place where generations have found sustenance from the fertile soil. While the name might suggest a connection to communication, the true pulse of Telephone has always been its connection to the land. The local economy, though modest, is rooted in farming and ranching, with cattle grazing on pastures that stretch towards the horizon and crops that respond to the predictable, yet often generous, Texas sky. Small businesses, often family-run, form the heart of the community, offering essential goods and services with a friendly, familiar face, reflecting a culture that values neighborly ties and a slower, more deliberate pace of life.
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| Location | Telephone, Fannin County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 33.781211°N, 96.018032°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 75488 |
| Area Code | 972, 469 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Telephone, 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 Telephone includes coordinates 33.781211°N, 96.018032°W, situated in Fannin County. ZIP code 75488. Telephone area code: 972, 469. 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.