Austwell, Texas Weather
Austwell, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Austwell, Refugio County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Austwell.
About Austwell, Texas
Austwell rests in a broad, shallow basin where the coastal prairie meets the Gulf of Mexico, a place where the air hangs thick with the scent of salt and the distant lowing of cattle. It lies 30.3 miles south-south-east of Victoria, TX (from Victoria, TX: bearing 161°T), and is situated 8.0 miles west-south-west of Seadrift. The land here is predominantly flat, a mosaic of marshy wetlands, brackish bays, and scattered groves of live oaks draped with Spanish moss, their gnarled branches reaching like ancient arms toward the immense sky. The waterways, serpentine and slow-moving, bleed into the larger expanse of Aransas Bay, their surfaces often reflecting the pale, diffused light of a Texas coast that rarely knows harsh winters. The character of Austwell is one of quiet endurance, a place where the elements dictate the pace and the horizon stretches on, unbroken, for miles. The history of Austwell is deeply intertwined with the bounty of its waters and the fertile, if often damp, soil. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fishing and agriculture, established a life on the edge of the sea, their endeavors shaping the very character of the locality. The economy, still largely reliant on the Gulf's offerings and the cattle ranches that dot the surrounding landscape, hums with a steady, unhurried pulse. This is a place where the rhythm of the tides and the cycles of the seasons are felt more acutely than the ticking of a clock, and the stark beauty of the coastal marshes, particularly as dusk bleeds into a deep, star-pricked night, offers a silent testament to the enduring spirit of Austwell.
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| Location | Austwell, Refugio County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 28.390281°N, 96.842208°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77950 |
| Area Code | 409 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Austwell, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Austwell, Texas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Austwell includes coordinates 28.390281°N, 96.842208°W, situated in Refugio County. ZIP code 77950. Telephone area code: 409. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
