Washburn, Texas Weather
Washburn, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Washburn, Armstrong County.
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About Washburn, Texas
Washburn sits under a vast, often brilliant, West Texas sky. It lies 14.9 miles east-south-east of Amarillo, TX (from Amarillo, TX: bearing 102°T), and is situated 16.0 miles south-west of Panhandle. The land here is a study in subtle shifts of ochre and pale green, where mesquite trees with their tenacious, thorny branches hold their ground against the persistent wind. Rolling plains, weathered by seasons of sun and infrequent rain, stretch outward, punctuated by the occasional low rise or the stark, straight lines of agricultural fields. The air, especially in the early morning or late afternoon, carries a dry, clean scent, a distillation of dust and hardy grass, and the light can be astonishingly pure, bleaching the horizon or casting long, soft shadows across the sparse terrain as the day draws to a close. The story of Washburn is tied to the broad agricultural promise of the Panhandle, a promise that drew settlers to this wide-open country. For generations, the economy has been shaped by the cultivation of the land, with cotton and cattle forming the bedrock of its livelihood. You can sense the quiet resilience in Washburn, a character forged by the challenges and satisfactions of a life lived close to the earth. The scattered homes and businesses speak of a community that values pragmatism and neighborly support, a place where the grand sweep of the sky seems to lend a certain perspective to everyday concerns.
Live animated radar for Washburn and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Washburn, Armstrong County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 35.176718°N, 101.573232°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79019 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Washburn, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Washburn, 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 Washburn includes coordinates 35.176718°N, 101.573232°W, situated in Armstrong County. ZIP code 79019. 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. 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.
