Bay City, Texas Weather
Bay City, 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 Bay City, Matagorda County.
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About Bay City, Texas
Bay City breathes a humid, sun-drenched quietude, its existence intimately tied to the meandering curves of the San Bernard River as it makes its slow, deliberate journey toward the Gulf. It lies 32.5 miles west of Lake Jackson, TX (from Lake Jackson, TX: bearing 264°T), and is situated 5.4 miles west-south-west of Van Vleck. Here, the land lies low and flat, a fertile expanse where the sky seems to press down with a gentle, insistent weight, broken only by the occasional stand of live oaks, their branches draped with Spanish moss like ancient, weary arms. The air itself carries a constant, subtle scent of damp earth and distant salt, a perfume that clings to everything, from the weathered clapboard houses to the broad leaves of the sugarcane fields that stretch to the horizon. Even the sunlight, at midday, seems to have a softened, diffused quality, as if filtered through a veil of perpetual moisture, lending a hazy, dreamlike aura to the already unhurried pace of life. The history of Bay City is deeply rooted in the rich alluvial soils that define this region, a place that has long drawn its sustenance from the earth and the water. Originally established as a trading post, its fortunes have waxed and waned with the cycles of agriculture, particularly sugar cane and rice, crops that demand both the rich soil and the plentiful water. Later, the discovery of oil and gas brought a new wave of prosperity, imbuing the local economy with a resilience that has seen it weather fluctuating commodity prices. The Matagorda County Historical Museum, a modest but proud repository of local lore, hints at the layers of stories held within this landscape, from the early settlers who tilled these fields to the oilmen who tapped into the subterranean wealth, each contributing to the distinctive character of Bay City.
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| Location | Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 28.982756°N, 95.969402°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77414, 77404 |
| Area Code | 281 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bay City, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bay City, 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 Bay City includes coordinates 28.982756°N, 95.969402°W, situated in Matagorda County. ZIP code 77414, 77404. 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.
