Telephone, Texas Weather
Telephone, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Telephone, Fannin County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Telephone. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Telephone is published on the Durant Regional Airport - Eaker Field (KDUA) page, 39 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. 2 airfields within reach of Telephone 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 Telephone: Sherman Municipal Airport (KSWI) 55 km
Conditions reported at KDUA describe the airfield itself. Weather 39 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Telephone specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Telephone.
About Telephone, Texas
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.
Live animated radar for Telephone 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 | 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 | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Telephone, Texas Weather Page
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, 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 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. 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.
