Petty, Texas Weather
Petty, 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 Petty, Lamar County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Petty. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Petty is published on the Cox Field (KPRX) 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. 3 airfields within reach of Petty 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 Petty: Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport (KSLR) 52 km · Stan Stamper Municipal Airport (KHHW) 54 km
Conditions reported at KPRX describe the airfield itself. Weather 34 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Petty specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Petty.
About Petty, Texas
Petty, Texas, unfolds across a gentle landscape of rolling plains, where the sun often hangs in a vast, pale sky, casting long shadows across the checkerboard of fields. It lies 36.5 miles north-north-east of Greenville, TX (from Greenville, TX: bearing 28°T), and is situated 5.9 miles east-north-east of Honey Grove. The air here carries the scent of sun-baked earth and distant pine, a subtle perfume that deepens with the coming of evening. Scattered farmsteads dot the horizon, their white roofs gleaming like scattered pearls against the muted greens and golds of cultivated land and the wilder, untamed brush that fringes the edges. The terrain itself is forgiving, a soft undulation that suggests a history of patient cultivation, where the land has been coaxed rather than conquered. The story of Petty is deeply entwined with the rich soil and the spirit of agriculture that has sustained Lamar County for generations. This is a place where cotton once bloomed in profusion, its white bolls like ephemeral snow against the summer heat, and where cattle have long grazed on the open pastures. The local economy, while diversified now, still echoes with the quiet hum of farm machinery and the steady rhythm of the seasons dictating the pace of life. The distinct character of Petty is found not in grand monuments, but in the enduring strength of its people and the shared memory of a simpler time, a quiet resilience etched into the very fabric of its being.
Live animated radar for Petty 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 | Petty, Lamar County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 33.602604°N, 95.809965°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79373, 75470 |
| Area Code | 806, 972, 469 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Petty, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Petty, 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 Petty includes coordinates 33.602604°N, 95.809965°W, situated in Lamar County. ZIP code 79373, 75470. Telephone area code: 806, 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. 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.
