Overton, Texas Weather
Overton, 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 Overton, Rusk County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Overton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Overton is published on the Rusk County Airport (KRFI) page, 19 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 Overton 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 Overton: East Texas Regional Airport (KGGG) 28 km · Gladewater Municipal Airport (K07F) 28 km · Tyler Pounds Regional Airport (KTYR) 41 km · Fox Stephens Field Gilmer Municipal Airport (KJXI) 47 km · Cherokee County Airport (KJSO) 50 km
Conditions reported at KRFI describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Overton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Overton.
About Overton, Texas
Overton exhales a humid, sweet air, thick with the scent of pine needles and the distant promise of rain. It lies 19.6 miles east-south-east of Tyler, TX (from Tyler, TX: bearing 106°T), and is situated 9.8 miles south-west of Kilgore. The land here rolls with a gentle, persistent swell, not dramatic hills, but the soft, rounded contours of East Texas piney woods. Ancient oaks, draped in Spanish moss like aged prophets, stand sentinel over scattered clearings, their branches reaching out with a patient embrace. The sky above Overton often wears a hazy, diffused light, softening the edges of the world and lending a painterly quality to the dense, emerald green of the surrounding forest. Sunlight, when it breaks through, falls in broad, golden shafts, illuminating the subtle dust motes dancing in the quiet air. The history of Overton is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of its people and the fertile earth they work. Oil once flowed here, a brief, booming chapter that left behind a legacy of sturdy homes and a resilient spirit, a testament to the boom-and-bust cycles that have shaped so many Texas towns. Today, the economy is a more pastoral affair, rooted in agriculture and the steady hum of local businesses catering to the needs of the surrounding farms and ranches. The rhythm of life in Overton is unhurried, marked by the changing seasons and the familiar greetings exchanged at the corner store, a place where stories are shared as readily as groceries.
Live animated radar for Overton 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 | Overton, Rusk County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32.274598°N, 94.978552°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 75684 |
| Area Code | 903 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Overton, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Overton, 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 Overton includes coordinates 32.274598°N, 94.978552°W, situated in Rusk County. ZIP code 75684. 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.
