Bridge City, Texas Weather
Bridge City, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Bridge City, Orange County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Bridge City. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Bridge City is published on the Orange County Airport (KORG) page, 7 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. 3 airfields within reach of Bridge City 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 Bridge City: Southland Field (KUXL) 47 km · De Quincy Industrial Airpark (K5R8) 59 km
Conditions reported at KORG describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bridge City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Bridge City, Texas
Bridge City lies low and wide, a place where the sky seems to stretch endlessly, a pale blue canvas often brushed with the soft, hazy gold of the Gulf Coast sun. It lies 9.8 miles north-north-east of Port Arthur, TX (from Port Arthur, TX: bearing 31°T), and is situated 8.2 miles south-west of Orange. The landscape here is a gentle flattening, a landscape of marsh grasses and the occasional cluster of sturdy live oaks, their branches draped with Spanish moss like ancient, weary arms. The air itself carries a perpetual humidity, a warm, damp breath that clings to the skin, smelling faintly of brackish water and the distant, sweet perfume of pine forests that fringe the horizon. Roads here often run straight, cutting through expanses of flat terrain where the occasional alligator basks in the sun-drenched shallows, a silent sentinel in this watery dominion. The very soul of Bridge City is inextricably linked to its waterways, the Sabine River and its tributaries forming the lifeblood of the community. Historically, this area was a crossroads, a place for commerce and passage, and that spirit of industry still hums beneath the surface. The economy here has long been shaped by its proximity to the Gulf and the rich natural resources of Southeast Texas, with a heritage tied to timber, fishing, and later, the robust presence of petrochemical industries that have brought jobs and a distinct character to the region. The town itself, though not ancient in the grand sweep of history, carries the quiet resilience of a place built and rebuilt, where the rhythm of life is dictated as much by the tides as by the clock.
Live animated radar for Bridge City 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 | Bridge City, Orange County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 30.020768°N, 93.845726°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77611 |
| Area Code | 281 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bridge City, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bridge City, 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 Bridge City includes coordinates 30.020768°N, 93.845726°W, situated in Orange County. ZIP code 77611. 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. 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.
