Chester, Texas Weather
Chester, 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 Chester, Tyler County.
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About Chester, Texas
Chester rests in a landscape of rolling pine hills, where the air carries the faint, sweet scent of sap and damp earth. It lies 29.5 miles south-south-east of Lufkin, TX (from Lufkin, TX: bearing 165°T), and is situated 15.0 miles north-west of Woodville. The terrain here is a gentle rise and fall, a subtle undulation that softens the edges of the sky. Dense stands of Loblolly pines, their needles a deep, almost somber green, dominate the view, broken occasionally by the paler, more delicate foliage of hardwoods. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, filters down in shafts that illuminate the forest floor, highlighting the fallen leaves and the occasional flash of a cardinal's brilliant red. The quiet here is profound, a stillness that seems to absorb sound, broken only by the rustle of unseen creatures or the distant, mournful call of a dove. The history of Chester is tied to the rich timber resources that carpeted this corner of East Texas. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of lumber and fertile soil, established a life deeply connected to the surrounding forests. The local economy, while diversified, still bears the imprint of these origins, with some continuing to work the woods and others finding livelihoods in agriculture and small businesses that serve the surrounding rural communities. Chester itself is a place where life moves with a measured pace, a rhythm dictated less by clocks and more by the changing seasons and the slow, steady growth of the pines. There are no grand monuments, but rather a quiet sense of continuity, a feeling that the land and its people have long been in communion.
Live animated radar for Chester and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Chester, Tyler County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 30.926306°N, 94.596593°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 75936 |
| Area Code | 903 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Chester, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chester, 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 Chester includes coordinates 30.926306°N, 94.596593°W, situated in Tyler County. ZIP code 75936. Telephone area code: 903. 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.
