Bacliff, Texas Weather
Bacliff, 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 for Bacliff, Galveston County.
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About Bacliff, Texas
Bacliff lives where the wide, flat expanse of Galveston County meets the salty kiss of Galveston Bay. It lies 6.2 miles east of League City, TX (from League City, TX: bearing 90°T), and is situated 9.2 miles east-south-east of Clear Lake Area. The air here carries a perpetual dampness, a constant reminder of the proximity to water, and the landscape is a study in low horizons and the subtle shifting of light. Salt-tolerant grasses, hardy and resilient, carpet the earth, their pale green blades whispering secrets to the sea breeze. Scattered live oaks, gnarled and ancient, offer pockets of shade, their branches reaching out like arthritic fingers against the vast, often cloud-streaked sky. The scent of brine and marsh mud is a persistent, almost comforting, perfume, and the distant cry of gulls is the constant soundtrack to the slow, deliberate unfolding of days. The history of Bacliff is entwined with the bounty and challenges of its coastal position. Once a place of fishing camps and scattered homesteads, it grew into a modest hub for those who made their living from the bay's rich waters. The local economy, though diversified now, still carries the echoes of its maritime past, with pleasure craft and working boats bobbing in the marinas. The draw of the water remains central, offering not just sustenance but a way of life, a connection to something larger and more enduring than the transient concerns of land. While not a place of grand monuments, Bacliff holds a quiet dignity, a testament to the persistence of people who have chosen to build their lives on this thin, fertile strip between the land and the sea.
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| Location | Bacliff, Galveston County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29.506896°N, 94.992427°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77518 |
| Area Code | 281 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bacliff, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bacliff, 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 Bacliff includes coordinates 29.506896°N, 94.992427°W, situated in Galveston County. ZIP code 77518. Telephone area code: 281. 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.
