Melissa, Texas Weather
Melissa, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Melissa, Collin County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
