Ames, Texas Weather
Ames, 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 Ames, Liberty County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Ames. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Ames is published on the Liberty Municipal Airport (KT78) page, 5 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 Ames 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 Ames: Chambers County Airport (KT00) 32 km · RWJ Airpark (K54T) 34 km · Baytown Airport (KHPY) 36 km · Beaumont Municipal Airport (KBMT) 51 km · La Porte Municipal Airport (KT41) 53 km
Conditions reported at KT78 describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ames specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ames.
About Ames, Texas
Ames lies in a landscape where the air hangs thick with the scent of pine and damp earth, a place where the land itself seems to exhale a quiet, green breath. It lies 26.1 miles north-north-east of Baytown, TX (from Baytown, TX: bearing 32°T), and is situated 8.5 miles east of Dayton. Rolling terrain, softened by centuries of rain and sun, gives way to dense stands of hardwood and pine, their branches interlacing overhead to create a dappled canopy that shifts with the afternoon breeze. The soil here, a rich, dark loam, offers a yielding softness underfoot, a testament to the slow, steady work of nature. Small creeks, their waters the color of weak tea, meander through the woods, their banks often fringed with ferns and the occasional flash of a kingfisher's blue wing. This is a country of hushed tones and muted colors, where the dominant hues are the myriad greens of foliage and the earthy browns of bark and fallen leaves. The history of Ames is tied to the deep roots of East Texas agriculture and the enduring spirit of its people. Generations ago, this land was cleared for cotton fields, the rich soil promising prosperity, and though those days have largely passed, a legacy of hard work and self-reliance remains. The local economy, while diversified now, still carries echoes of its agricultural past, with timber and cattle ranching playing significant roles. The quiet hum of machinery from small sawmills can sometimes be heard on the wind, a reminder of the enduring connection to the surrounding forests. There are no grand monuments in Ames, no bustling thoroughfares, but rather a collection of well-worn homes and businesses that speak of a life lived at a more deliberate pace, where neighborly ties are as strong as the ancient oaks that dot the fields.
Live animated radar for Ames 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 | Ames, Liberty County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 30.053826°N, 94.743533°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 76528, 77575 |
| Area Code | 254, 281 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ames, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ames, 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 Ames includes coordinates 30.053826°N, 94.743533°W, situated in Liberty County. ZIP code 76528, 77575. Telephone area code: 254, 281. 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.
