Lucas, Texas Weather
Lucas, 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 Lucas, Jefferson County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Lucas. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Lucas is published on the Jack Brooks Regional Airport (KBPT) page, 7 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. 4 airfields within reach of Lucas 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 Lucas: Beaumont Municipal Airport (KBMT) 16 km · Orange County Airport (KORG) 27 km · Hawthorne Field (K45R) 42 km
Conditions reported at KBPT describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lucas specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lucas.
About Lucas, Texas
Lucas, Texas, exhales a humid, verdant breath against the encroaching East Texas sky. It lies 6.4 miles south-south-east of Beaumont, TX (from Beaumont, TX: bearing 162°T), and is situated 4.9 miles west-north-west of Nederland. The landscape here is a study in gentle slopes and broad, shallow creeks, where the soil, a rich, dark loam, cradles a mosaic of pine and oak. Tall grasses, a vibrant green after recent rains, sway with a quiet insistence, their tips brushing against the weathered wood of fences and the occasional, slow-moving truck. The air itself, thick with the scent of damp earth and the distant, sweet perfume of blooming wildflowers, feels like a tangible presence, a soft embrace that lingers long after the sun begins its descent, painting the western horizon in strokes of bruised purple and molten gold. The history of Lucas is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of Jefferson County, a land that has long yielded its riches to those who worked it. For generations, cotton and timber were the lifeblood of this region, their cycles dictating the rhythm of life, and the echoes of those endeavors can still be felt in the quiet hum of the present day. Today, while some of the agricultural roots remain, the economy of Lucas has diversified, drawing strength from its proximity to larger urban centers and the steady, dependable flow of commerce. There's a palpable sense of continuity here, a recognition of the past woven into the fabric of everyday life, a quiet dignity that permeates the small businesses and the friendly nods exchanged on the street.
Live animated radar for Lucas 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 | Lucas, Jefferson County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29.99827°N, 94.069067°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77705, 75002 |
| Area Code | 281, 214, 469, 972 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lucas, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lucas, 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 Lucas includes coordinates 29.998270°N, 94.069067°W, situated in Jefferson County. ZIP code 77705, 75002. Telephone area code: 281, 214, 469, 972. 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.
