Cottonwood, Texas Weather
Cottonwood, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Cottonwood, Liberty County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Cottonwood. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Cottonwood is published on the Chambers County Airport (KT00) page, 22 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. 6 airfields within reach of Cottonwood 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 Cottonwood: Liberty Municipal Airport (KT78) 25 km · Beaumont Municipal Airport (KBMT) 34 km · RWJ Airpark (K54T) 36 km · Baytown Airport (KHPY) 44 km · Jack Brooks Regional Airport (KBPT) 48 km
Conditions reported at KT00 describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cottonwood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cottonwood.
About Cottonwood, Texas
Cottonwood breathes a humid, pine-scented air, a place where the land gently slopes towards the slow, dark waters that meander through the East Texas piney woods. It lies 27.4 miles west-south-west of Beaumont, TX (from Beaumont, TX: bearing 245°T), and is situated 19.3 miles east-south-east of Liberty. The character of Cottonwood is etched in the wide, quiet roads lined with towering loblolly pines, their needles forming a soft, rustling carpet underfoot. Sunlight, when it breaks through the dense canopy, falls in shifting, golden shafts, illuminating the rich, dark earth and the occasional flash of a cardinal’s crimson. The landscape here is one of deep greens and earthy browns, a quiet, persistent beauty that speaks of slow growth and enduring patience, where the very air seems to hold the scent of damp soil and resin. The history of Cottonwood is a story whispered by the rustling leaves and the slow currents of its nearby waterways, a testament to the resilience of those who first settled this land. Originally, the economy of Cottonwood was deeply intertwined with the bounty of the forests, with timber being a primary driver of early prosperity. Later, the fertile soil, when cleared, supported agricultural endeavors, though the deep roots of the piney woods always remained a defining feature. The rhythm of life in Cottonwood is unhurried, a gentle echo of the days when logging trucks rumbled through and the scent of sawdust filled the air, a quiet persistence that continues to shape the character of this enduring locality.
Live animated radar for Cottonwood 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 | Cottonwood, Liberty County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29.917162°N, 94.516304°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77872, 77808, 76691, 75158 |
| Area Code | 325, 214, 469 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cottonwood, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cottonwood, 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 Cottonwood includes coordinates 29.917162°N, 94.516304°W, situated in Liberty County. ZIP code 77872, 77808, 76691, 75158. Telephone area code: 325, 214, 469. 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.
