Lorena, Texas Weather
Lorena, 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 Lorena, McLennan County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Lorena. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Lorena is published on the McGregor Executive Airport (KPWG) page, 14 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 Lorena 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 Lorena: Waco Regional Airport (KACT) 25 km · TSTC Waco Airport (KCNW) 31 km · Draughon Miller Central Texas Regional Airport (KTPL) 32 km · Wings For Christ International Flight Academy Airport (K73F) 32 km · Gatesville Municipal Airport (KGOP) 55 km
Conditions reported at KPWG describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lorena specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lorena.
About Lorena, Texas
Lorena sits comfortably within the rolling terrain of McLennan County, where the land begins to hint at the deeper curves and dips that precede the Brazos River's broader embrace. It lies 12.0 miles south-south-west of Waco, TX (from Waco, TX: bearing 200°T), and is situated 5.4 miles south-south-west of Hewitt. The sky here often stretches vast and pale blue, a canvas against which the scattered live oaks, their branches gnarled like old hands, cast deep, cool shadows across fields of milo and cotton. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, earthy scent mingled with the faintest whisper of blooming wildflowers, a perfume that clings to the sun-baked soil. There’s a quiet dignity to the landscape, a sense of enduring patience in the way the fields lie open to the elements, waiting for the rain or the harvest. Lorena's story is one of agricultural roots, a place built on the back of fertile land and the tenacious spirit of its early settlers who saw potential in these Central Texas plains. For generations, cotton and cattle have been the lifeblood, their rhythms dictating the pace of life and shaping the local economy. While the agricultural sector remains important, a growing diversification hints at a future beyond the traditional, a subtle shift in the economic landscape that mirrors the changing needs of its residents. The old general store, still standing with its weathered porch, serves as a silent sentinel to this evolving narrative, a place where the past and present of Lorena gently converge.
Live animated radar for Lorena 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 | Lorena, McLennan County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 31.386559°N, 97.21556°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 76655 |
| Area Code | 325 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lorena, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lorena, 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 Lorena includes coordinates 31.386559°N, 97.215560°W, situated in McLennan County. ZIP code 76655. Telephone area code: 325. 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.
