West Tawakoni, Texas Weather
West Tawakoni, 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 West Tawakoni, Hunt County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near West Tawakoni. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for West Tawakoni is published on the Terrell Municipal Airport (KTRL) page, 30 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 West Tawakoni 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 West Tawakoni: Mesquite Metro Airport (KHQZ) 50 km
Conditions reported at KTRL describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at West Tawakoni specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for West Tawakoni.
About West Tawakoni, Texas
West Tawakoni lies at the edge of something vast and blue, a place where the flatlands of Hunt County begin to ripple and spill into the expansive waters of Lake Tawakoni. It lies 17.6 miles south-south-east of Greenville, TX (from Greenville, TX: bearing 164°T), and is situated 6.3 miles east of Quinlan. The air here carries the scent of pine needles and the distant hum of cicadas, a constant soundtrack to the slow unfolding of days under a wide Texas sky. Scattered pecan groves punctuate the landscape, their branches heavy with future harvest, and the occasional rusted mailbox stands sentinel beside a gravel driveway, a quiet marker of habitation in this sparsely populated expanse. The light at dusk bleeds across the horizon in shades of apricot and deep violet, softening the edges of the scattered homes and casting long shadows from the sparsely wooded areas that hug the shoreline. The history of West Tawakoni is deeply entwined with the creation of Lake Tawakoni itself, a reservoir built in the mid-20th century that fundamentally reshaped the local economy and way of life. Before the lake, the land was primarily agricultural, dotted with small farms and ranches, but the promise of water recreation and the influx of fishermen and weekenders transformed the sleepy hamlets into a burgeoning lakeside community. Today, the economy still leans heavily on the lake, with marinas, bait shops, and lakeside restaurants forming the backbone of local commerce, drawing visitors from across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The distinctive character of West Tawakoni is that of a place perpetually caught between its rural roots and its identity as a popular recreational destination, a blend of quiet country living and the vibrant, if seasonal, bustle of lake life.
Live animated radar for West Tawakoni 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 | West Tawakoni, Hunt County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32.893733°N, 96.029414°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 75474 |
| Area Code | 972, 469 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This West Tawakoni, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Tawakoni, 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 West Tawakoni includes coordinates 32.893733°N, 96.029414°W, situated in Hunt County. ZIP code 75474. 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.
