Franklin, Texas Weather
Franklin, 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 Franklin, Liberty County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Franklin. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Franklin is published on the Liberty Municipal Airport (KT78) page, 24 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 Franklin 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 Franklin: Livingston Municipal Airport (K00R) 50 km · Hawthorne Field (K45R) 52 km · Baytown Airport (KHPY) 56 km · RWJ Airpark (K54T) 57 km · Chambers County Airport (KT00) 58 km
Conditions reported at KT78 describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Franklin specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Franklin.
About Franklin, Texas
Franklin, a place where the East Texas sky stretches wide and the air hums with the slow, steady pulse of the land, unfolds its story in shades of verdant green. It lies 29.7 miles north-east of Atascocita, TX (from Atascocita, TX: bearing 50°T), and is situated 9.1 miles north-north-west of Hardin. The terrain here, a gentle, rolling country, is a patchwork of dense pine forests, their needles whispering secrets on the breeze, interspersed with open pastures where cattle graze contentedly. Creeks, alive with the glint of sun on water, meander through the landscape, their banks softened by the lush undergrowth of ferns and wildflowers. The character of Franklin is one of quiet resilience, a community rooted in the earth, its days marked by the changing seasons and the comforting familiarity of a life lived close to nature. This corner of Liberty County, Texas, carries the imprint of a history tied to the land's bounty and the enduring spirit of its people. For generations, agriculture has been the lifeblood of Franklin, with cotton fields once dominating the horizon, their white bolls a testament to hard work and the promise of a harvest. Today, while vestiges of that past remain, the economy has diversified, with timber and cattle ranching continuing to play significant roles. The very air seems to hold the echoes of earlier times, of pioneers who carved their lives from the wilderness and the generations that followed, each adding their own thread to the rich, unhurried fabric of Franklin.
Live animated radar for Franklin 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 | Franklin, Liberty County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 30.27521°N, 94.796036°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77575, 77856 |
| Area Code | 281, 409 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Franklin, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Franklin, 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 Franklin includes coordinates 30.275210°N, 94.796036°W, situated in Liberty County. ZIP code 77575, 77856. Telephone area code: 281, 409. 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.
