Murchison, Texas Weather
Murchison, 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 Murchison, Henderson County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Murchison. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Murchison is published on the Tyler Pounds Regional Airport (KTYR) page, 34 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. 5 airfields within reach of Murchison 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 Murchison: Mineola Wisener Field (K3F9) 50 km · Van Zandt County Regional Airport (K76F) 50 km · Palestine Municipal Airport (KPSN) 56 km · Wood County Airport - Collins Field (KJDD) 57 km
Conditions reported at KTYR describe the airfield itself. Weather 34 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Murchison specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Murchison.
About Murchison, Texas
Murchison lies under a wide East Texas sky, where the land breathes with a slow, deep rhythm. It lies 26.7 miles west of Tyler, TX (from Tyler, TX: bearing 259°T), and is situated 8.0 miles north-east of Athens. Rolling hills, cloaked in the emerald hush of pine and oak, give way to flatter expanses where fields of pasture and scattered homesteads break the verdant expanse. The air here carries the scent of damp earth after a summer shower, a clean, primal perfume that clings to the skin. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in generous, almost tangible shafts, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the stillness and the quiet strength of the weathered fences that mark the boundaries of lives lived close to the soil. The story of Murchison is etched in the very bones of its landscape, a narrative of resilience and quiet determination. Once a hub for the timber and cotton industries, echoes of those bustling days can still be felt in the older buildings, their paint peeling like sunburnt skin. Today, agriculture remains a cornerstone, with cattle grazing on the sprawling pastures and the occasional pecan orchard offering a sweet, earthy promise. The community, though small, possesses a distinctive character, a shared understanding born of generations who have navigated the gentle contours of this East Texas country, finding sustenance and solace in its enduring embrace.
Live animated radar for Murchison 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 | Murchison, Henderson County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32.278482°N, 95.749686°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 75778 |
| Area Code | 903 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Murchison, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Murchison, 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 Murchison includes coordinates 32.278482°N, 95.749686°W, situated in Henderson County. ZIP code 75778. Telephone area code: 903. 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.
