Walnut Bend, Texas Weather
Walnut Bend, 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 Walnut Bend, Cooke County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Walnut Bend. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Walnut Bend is published on the Gainesville Municipal Airport (KGLE) page, 19 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 Walnut Bend 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 Walnut Bend: Tailwheel Acres Airport (KX16) 34 km · Vultures Row Airport (K6X6) 49 km
Conditions reported at KGLE describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Walnut Bend specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Walnut Bend.
About Walnut Bend, Texas
Walnut Bend lies cradled by the gentle, rolling terrain of Cooke County, where the vast Texas sky stretches out in an unbroken expanse. It lies 28.0 miles west-north-west of Sherman, TX (from Sherman, TX: bearing 291°T), and is situated 11.3 miles north-north-east of Gainesville. The land here is a study in muted greens and earthy browns, a tapestry woven by scattered stands of pecan and oak trees that offer a dappled shade against the persistent sun. Creeks, little more than whispers of water in drier seasons, snake their way through the landscape, their banks often lined with the hardy, resilient scrub that characterizes this part of North Texas. The air itself carries a certain stillness, broken only by the distant lowing of cattle or the sudden, startling call of a hawk circling overhead, its shadow a fleeting brushstroke on the sun-baked earth. The history of Walnut Bend is as deeply rooted as the ancient trees that lend it its name, a place shaped by the persistent efforts of those who sought to coax a living from its soil. For generations, agriculture has been the lifeblood of this locale, with cattle ranching and the cultivation of cotton and grains forming the backbone of its economy. Old farmhouses, their paint faded to the color of dried bone, stand as silent witnesses to the passage of time, their weathered porches hinting at conversations held and lives lived under the same wide sky. While the world outside may churn with ceaseless change, life in Walnut Bend moves at a more deliberate pace, a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of a community that understands the value of patience and the rewards of the land.
Live animated radar for Walnut Bend 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 | Walnut Bend, Cooke County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 33.778716°N, 97.064732°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 76273, 77042, 76310 |
| Area Code | 713, 832, 281, 346, 817 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Walnut Bend, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Walnut Bend, 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 Walnut Bend includes coordinates 33.778716°N, 97.064732°W, situated in Cooke County. ZIP code 76273, 77042, 76310. Telephone area code: 713, 832, 281, 346, 817. 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.
