Magnolia Beach, Texas Weather
Magnolia Beach, 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 Magnolia Beach, Calhoun County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Magnolia Beach. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Magnolia Beach is published on the Calhoun County Airport (KPKV) page, 17 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 Magnolia Beach 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 Magnolia Beach: Palacios Municipal Airport (KPSX) 34 km · Victoria Regional Airport (KVCT) 49 km · Jackson County Airport (K26R) 49 km
Conditions reported at KPKV describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Magnolia Beach specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Magnolia Beach.
About Magnolia Beach, Texas
Magnolia Beach stretches along the Gulf Coast, a low-lying land where the sea’s breath is ever-present. It lies 32.7 miles east-south-east of Victoria, TX (from Victoria, TX: bearing 121°T), and is situated 6.3 miles south-east of Port Lavaca. The air hangs thick and humid, carrying the salty tang of the water and the faint, sweet perfume of unseen coastal flora. Here, the land is a gentle surrender to the Gulf, a flat expanse broken only by the shallow, tea-colored waters of the bay and the occasional cluster of hardy live oaks, their branches twisted like arthritic fingers against the vast, pale sky. The beaches themselves are a muted gold, often strewn with the bleached bones of driftwood and the iridescent shards of oyster shells, a testament to the constant, quiet work of the tide. The sunlight, particularly as it begins its descent, casts a hazy, almost buttery glow across the landscape, softening the edges of the scattered homes and the weathered fishing piers. This stretch of Calhoun County remembers a time when its shores hummed with the industry of shrimping and oystering, a heritage that still whispers in the creak of weathered docks and the occasional clang of a net being mended. The local economy, once tied more directly to the bounty of the sea, now finds its pulse in the quiet ebb and flow of seasonal visitors and the enduring spirit of its residents. Magnolia Beach retains a certain unvarnished charm, a place where the pace of life is dictated less by the ticking of a clock and more by the rising and falling of the tide. The distinctive character of Magnolia Beach is etched not in grand monuments, but in the simple, sturdy resilience of its people and the enduring connection to the Gulf waters that shape their days.
Live animated radar for Magnolia Beach 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 | Magnolia Beach, Calhoun County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 28.560276°N, 96.542754°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77979 |
| Area Code | 409 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Magnolia Beach, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Magnolia Beach, 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 Magnolia Beach includes coordinates 28.560276°N, 96.542754°W, situated in Calhoun County. ZIP code 77979. Telephone area code: 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.
