Windthorst, Texas Weather
Windthorst, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Windthorst, Archer County.
Full aviation weather for Windthorst is published on the Archer City Municipal Airport (KT39) page, 17 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 Windthorst 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 Windthorst: Kickapoo Downtown Airport (KCWC) 32 km · Olney Municipal Airport (KONY) 43 km · Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base (KSPS) 46 km · Jacksboro Municipal Airport (K21F) 47 km · Graham Municipal Airport (KRPH) 53 km
Conditions reported at KT39 describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Windthorst specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Windthorst.
About Windthorst, Texas
Windthorst, a scatter of buildings against the vast Texas sky, holds its ground where the land begins its slow, deliberate swell into the rolling plains. It lies 23.5 miles south of Wichita Falls, TX (from Wichita Falls, TX: bearing 172°T), and is situated 6.1 miles south-south-east of Scotland. The earth here is a deep, sun-baked ochre, fissured in places by the patient work of wind and infrequent rain, a landscape that exhales a dry, dusty heat even as the sun dips low, painting the western horizon in bruised purples and fiery oranges. Across the open country, mesquite trees, gnarled and tough, cling to the soil, their thorny branches reaching out like skeletal fingers, and the air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, sweet scent of sun-scorched grass and distant cattle. Life in Windthorst moves with the unhurried certainty of a season, the quiet broken only by the distant rumble of a pickup truck or the lowing of a cow. The roots of Windthorst run deep, planted by German immigrants seeking fertile ground and a measure of independence, their legacy still palpable in the sturdy brickwork and the enduring faith that underpins the community. For generations, the land has been the lifeblood, with cattle ranching and agriculture shaping the local economy, a testament to the resilience of those who coaxed sustenance from this often unforgiving terrain. While the world outside may churn with rapid change, Windthorst retains a distinctive character, a quiet dignity that speaks of endurance and a deep connection to the rhythms of the prairie. The church steeple, a sentinel against the endless blue, stands as a silent witness to the passage of time and the enduring spirit of this place.
Live animated radar for Windthorst 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 | Windthorst, Archer County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 33.576216°N, 98.436719°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 76389 |
| Area Code | 817 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Windthorst, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Windthorst, 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 Windthorst includes coordinates 33.576216°N, 98.436719°W, situated in Archer County. ZIP code 76389. Telephone area code: 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.
