Valley Mills, Texas Weather
Valley Mills, 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 Valley Mills, Bosque County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Valley Mills. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Valley Mills is published on the Waco Regional Airport (KACT) page, 24 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. 6 airfields within reach of Valley Mills 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 Valley Mills: McGregor Executive Airport (KPWG) 24 km · TSTC Waco Airport (KCNW) 38 km · Gatesville Municipal Airport (KGOP) 41 km · Wings For Christ International Flight Academy Airport (K73F) 43 km · Draughon Miller Central Texas Regional Airport (KTPL) 57 km
Conditions reported at KACT describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Valley Mills specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Valley Mills.
About Valley Mills, Texas
Valley Mills unfolds across a landscape where the Bosque River, a ribbon of shimmering silver, has patiently sculpted the land, leaving behind broad, fertile bottoms that cradle the town. It lies 20.6 miles west-north-west of Waco, TX (from Waco, TX: bearing 292°T), and is situated 9.9 miles west of China Spring. The terrain here is a gentle rise and fall, a subtle undulation of rich, dark earth that promises abundance under the vast, often cloud-streaked Texas sky. Oak trees, their branches reaching like ancient, gnarled hands, punctuate the fields, their leaves catching the late afternoon sun in a fleeting, golden brilliance. The air itself carries a faint, earthy perfume, a blend of dry grasses and the distant promise of rain, a scent that whispers of the enduring connection between this place and the seasons. The history of Valley Mills is inextricably linked to the very soil it occupies, a testament to the pioneering spirit that first recognized the agricultural potential of the river valley. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile land and the steady flow of the Bosque, established a thriving community built on the cultivation of cotton and livestock. This agrarian heritage still echoes in the quiet hum of activity, in the occasional rumble of a tractor traversing the country roads, and in the enduring presence of family farms that have been passed down through generations. While cotton remains a significant crop, the local economy has diversified, incorporating ranching and small businesses that serve the surrounding ranches and agricultural operations, creating a rhythm of life that is both grounded and resilient.
Live animated radar for Valley Mills 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 | Valley Mills, Bosque County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 31.659328°N, 97.472238°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 76689 |
| Area Code | 325 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Valley Mills, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Valley Mills, 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 Valley Mills includes coordinates 31.659328°N, 97.472238°W, situated in Bosque County. ZIP code 76689. Telephone area code: 325. 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.
