Tell, Texas Weather
Tell, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Tell, Childress County.
Full aviation weather for Tell is published on the Childress Municipal Airport (KCDS) page, 12 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. 3 airfields within reach of Tell 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 Tell: Memphis Municipal Airport (KF21) 42 km · Hollis Municipal Airport (KO35) 58 km
Conditions reported at KCDS describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Tell specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Tell.
About Tell, Texas
Tell sprawls across a broad, sun-drenched expanse where the prairie begins its slow, patient climb towards the high plains. It lies 100.2 miles north-east of Lubbock, TX (from Lubbock, TX: bearing 56°T), and is situated 11.4 miles west-south-west of Childress. The landscape here is a study in muted earth tones, a vast canvas of tawny grasses and stoic mesquite, broken only by the occasional, determined windmill turning its patient blades against the immense sky. Distant horizons blur into the hazy gold of afternoon, and the air itself carries a dry, clean scent, touched with the faint perfume of wild sage. Low, rolling hills, worn smooth by millennia of wind and weather, cradle the scattered homesteads and ranchlands, giving a sense of quiet endurance to the very land. The story of Tell is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of those who have coaxed life from this often-demanding soil. Historically, this region’s economy has been shaped by the hardy resilience of cattle ranching, the vast pastures supporting herds that have long been a cornerstone of local sustenance. While the railroad once played a more prominent role, its tracks now stand as a quiet reminder of a different era, their purpose yielded to the persistent hum of agricultural machinery and the steady, predictable rhythm of the modern farm. In this corner of the Texas Panhandle, the community of Tell carries a quiet pride in its self-reliance, a character forged in the wide-open spaces and the enduring embrace of the elements.
Live animated radar for Tell 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 | Tell, Childress County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 34.375898°N, 100.39484°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79259 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Tell, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tell, 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 Tell includes coordinates 34.375898°N, 100.394840°W, situated in Childress County. ZIP code 79259. 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.
