Ore City, Texas Weather
Ore City, 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 Ore City, Upshur County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Ore City. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Ore City is published on the Fox Stephens Field Gilmer Municipal Airport (KJXI) page, 24 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 Ore City 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 Ore City: Gladewater Municipal Airport (K07F) 38 km · Greater Morris County Airport (K8F5) 39 km · Cypress River Airport (K24F) 39 km · Mount Pleasant Regional Airport (KOSA) 40 km · East Texas Regional Airport (KGGG) 46 km
Conditions reported at KJXI describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ore City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ore City.
About Ore City, Texas
Ore City breathes a quiet, East Texas air, a place where the land rises and falls with a gentle, wooded grace. It lies 20.7 miles north of Longview, TX (from Longview, TX: bearing 3°T), and is situated 10.0 miles south of Lone Star. Pine forests, thick and dark, press in on the edges of cleared fields, their needles carpeting the ground in a soft, rustling layer. The sky here can be a vast, pale blue, often softened by a haze that lends a dreamy quality to the late afternoons, and the small creeks that thread through the terrain carry the whispers of countless spring rains. The houses, scattered and set back from the roads, seem to settle into the landscape, their porches catching the dappled sunlight that filters through the canopy. The history of Ore City is etched in the very soil, a legacy of iron ore that once drew miners and shaped its early identity. While the extraction of minerals has long since faded, the industrious spirit persists, now channeled into agriculture and the quiet hum of small businesses catering to the surrounding countryside. Local families have deep roots here, their stories intertwined with the growth and changes of Ore City, passing down traditions and a sense of community that feels as enduring as the ancient oaks that stand sentinel. The rhythm of life is measured by the changing seasons, the slow progress of the sun across the sky, and the amiable greetings exchanged at the local market.
Live animated radar for Ore City 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 | Ore City, Upshur County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32.800135°N, 94.720763°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 75683 |
| Area Code | 903 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ore City, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ore City, 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 Ore City includes coordinates 32.800135°N, 94.720763°W, situated in Upshur County. ZIP code 75683. 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.
