Melissa, Texas Weather
Melissa, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Melissa, Collin County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Melissa. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Melissa is published on the McKinney National Airport (KTKI) page, 12 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 Melissa 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 Melissa: Finney Field (KT47) 29 km · Sherman Municipal Airport (KSWI) 38 km · Caddo Mills Municipal Airport (K7F3) 41 km · North Texas Regional Airport Perrin Field (KGYI) 48 km · Majors Airport (KGVT) 53 km
Conditions reported at KTKI describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Melissa specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Melissa, Texas
Melissa unfolds across a landscape of gently rolling terrain, where the Texas sky stretches wide and often paints itself in hues of fiery orange and soft lavender at sunset. It lies 6.6 miles north-north-east of McKinney, TX (from McKinney, TX: bearing 22°T), and is situated 8.5 miles north-north-west of Princeton. The land here is a patchwork of cultivated fields, their green rows softened by the dust kicked up by passing farm equipment, interspersed with stands of mature pecan trees whose branches reach out like gnarled, welcoming arms. The air itself carries a faint, dry sweetness, a scent of sun-baked earth and distant hay, and on clear days, the horizon feels impossibly far, a promise of more open country beyond. Originally settled by farmers drawn to the rich, dark soil of North Texas, Melissa's economy has long been tethered to the land, though its character has evolved. While agriculture still plays a role, the proximity to larger metropolitan centers has fostered a growing residential community, attracting families seeking a quieter pace of life. The echoes of its past are subtle – perhaps a weathered barn still standing sentinel in a field, or the quiet pride in the local school's football team, a tradition that brings the community together under Friday night lights. It's a place where the rhythm of the seasons still dictates much of the year, and where the simple act of watching the clouds drift across the vast expanse above can feel like a profound connection to something enduring.
Live animated radar for Melissa 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 | Melissa, Collin County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 33.285947°N, 96.572767°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 75454 |
| Area Code | 972, 469 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Melissa, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Melissa, 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 Melissa includes coordinates 33.285947°N, 96.572767°W, situated in Collin County. ZIP code 75454. Telephone area code: 972, 469. 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.
