Childress, TX Weather Forecast
Childress County, Texas
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Childress, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Childress, TX at a glance
Childress is home to about 5,770 people in Childress County, across 8.3 square miles. It ranks 346th by population of 536 places in Texas with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Mangum, 54 miles away.
- County
- Childress County
- Population
- 5,770 2023 est.
- Land area
- 8.3 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 699
- Forecast point
- 34.4355°N, 100.2824°W
How well can the network see Childress?
The nearest Doppler radar is KFDR (Altus AFB, OK), to the E. Its lowest scan passes about 6,200 ft above Childress. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Childress can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KCDS (Childress Muni). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Childress
- Mangum, OK54 mi
- Altus, OK57 mi
- Vernon, TX59 mi
- Floydada, TX68 mi
- Sayre, OK70 mi
- Hobart, OK79 mi
- Elk City, OK82 mi
- Seymour, TX83 mi
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