Murchison, 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, soil and crop conditions for Murchison, Henderson County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Murchison. Tide source:
Flight conditions near Murchison. Data source: locating…
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Murchison.
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 | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
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, 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 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. 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.