Garwood, Texas Weather
Garwood, 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 Garwood, Colorado County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Garwood. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Garwood is published on the Eagle Lake Airport (KELA) page, 18 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. 5 airfields within reach of Garwood 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 Garwood: Wharton Regional Airport (KARM) 32 km · Houston Fort Bend Airport (K2H5) 49 km · Jackson County Airport (K26R) 53 km · Hallettsville Municipal Airport (K34R) 55 km
Conditions reported at KELA describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Garwood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Garwood.
About Garwood, Texas
Garwood rests on a broad, fertile plain, where the land stretches out like an unrolled bolt of earth-toned cloth under a sky that often feels impossibly vast. It lies 34.2 miles west-south-west of Fulshear, TX (from Fulshear, TX: bearing 241°T), and is situated 19.1 miles north-north-west of El Campo. The air, particularly in the languid afternoons, carries the sweet, earthy perfume of ripening crops and the faint, dry whisper of sun-baked soil. Fields of sorghum and corn, their stalks reaching towards the zenith, form a verdant mosaic that shifts in hue with the changing light, from a vibrant emerald in the morning dew to a deeper, burnished gold as the sun begins its slow descent. The occasional live oak, its branches gnarled and spread like ancient arms, punctuates the landscape, offering pockets of cool shade and a stark contrast to the open expanse. The history of Garwood is as deeply rooted as the cottonwood trees that line the nearby drainage ditches, a story woven from the grit and perseverance of early settlers drawn by the richness of the land. This was, and largely remains, a place defined by agriculture, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pulse of daily life. The economy here has long been tied to the cultivation of cotton and rice, crops that have shaped the very character of the soil and the livelihoods of its people. While the days might unfold with a quiet deliberation, there's an undercurrent of steady industry, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have called Garwood home, coaxing sustenance and prosperity from this generous Texas earth.
Live animated radar for Garwood 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 | Garwood, Colorado County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29.449688°N, 96.396912°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77442 |
| Area Code | 281 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Garwood, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Garwood, 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 Garwood includes coordinates 29.449688°N, 96.396912°W, situated in Colorado County. ZIP code 77442. 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.
