Wheeler, Texas Weather
Wheeler, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Wheeler, Wheeler County.
Full aviation weather for Wheeler is published on the Wheeler Municipal Airport (KT59) page, 6 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. 4 airfields within reach of Wheeler 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 Wheeler: Miami Roberts County Airport (K3E0) 42 km · Hemphill County Airport (KHHF) 52 km · Mignon Laird Municipal Airport (K93F) 54 km
Conditions reported at KT59 describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wheeler specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Wheeler.
About Wheeler, Texas
Wheeler sits under a sky that stretches wide, a horizon often etched with the subtle blush of approaching dusk. It lies 89.3 miles east of Amarillo, TX (from Amarillo, TX: bearing 80°T), and is situated 16.0 miles north of Shamrock. The land around Wheeler is a study in muted earth tones, a rolling expanse of prairie that yields to the persistent, patient work of agriculture. Here, the wind is a constant presence, a low hum that carries the scent of dry grass and the distant promise of rain, shaping the very character of the place with its unseen hand. The buildings, often of sturdy, unpretentious design, stand as weathered sentinels against the vastness, their windows reflecting the immense, ever-changing light. The history of Wheeler is tied to the railroads that once promised connection and prosperity, a promise that shaped the early settlement of this Panhandle community. Agriculture remains the lifeblood, with cotton and wheat fields painting broad strokes across the landscape, their cycles dictating the rhythm of local life. The economy, while modest, is rooted in the land and the resilience of its people, a quiet determination that echoes the hardy spirit of those who first staked their claims. Old water towers, remnants of a bygone era, still punctuate the skyline, silent monuments to the generations that have called Wheeler home.
Live animated radar for Wheeler 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 | Wheeler, Wheeler County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 35.445326°N, 100.270955°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79096 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wheeler, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wheeler, 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 Wheeler includes coordinates 35.445326°N, 100.270955°W, situated in Wheeler County. ZIP code 79096. 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.
