Pierce, Texas Weather
Pierce, 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 Pierce, Wharton County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Pierce. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Pierce is published on the Wharton Regional Airport (KARM) page, 5 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 Pierce 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 Pierce: Houston Fort Bend Airport (K2H5) 41 km · Eagle Lake Airport (KELA) 42 km · Bay City Regional Airport (KBYY) 44 km · Jackson County Airport (K26R) 46 km · Lane Airpark (KT54) 52 km
Conditions reported at KARM describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pierce specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Pierce.
About Pierce, Texas
Pierce unfolds across a landscape of wide, forgiving plains, the land a rich, dark loam that promises abundance under the vast Texas sky. It lies 32.2 miles south-west of Rosenberg, TX (from Rosenberg, TX: bearing 227°T), and is situated 5.1 miles north-east of El Campo. The horizon here is a clean, unbroken line, punctuated only by the stoic silhouettes of live oaks and the occasional, ambitious windmill turning its slow, deliberate dance against the wind. Sunlight, particularly in the late afternoon, bleeds across the fields in molten gold, softening the edges of distant farmhouses and casting long, languid shadows that stretch like weary travelers. The air itself carries a faint, dry scent of sun-baked earth and the distant, sweet perfume of blooming cotton, a subtle fragrance that clings to everything. The history of Pierce is as deeply rooted as the mesquite trees that dot its periphery, a testament to generations who coaxed life from this fertile ground. Once a vital stop along a forgotten railway line, its economy has long been tied to the bounty of the earth, primarily cattle ranching and the cultivation of cotton and rice, crops that drink deeply from the region’s plentiful, if sometimes capricious, rainfall. While the railroad’s whistle has long since faded, a quiet resilience persists in Pierce, a steady pulse of life that continues to revolve around the enduring strength of its agricultural heritage and the close-knit bonds of its people.
Live animated radar for Pierce 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 | Pierce, Wharton County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29.239139°N, 96.199962°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77467 |
| Area Code | 281 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pierce, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pierce, 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 Pierce includes coordinates 29.239139°N, 96.199962°W, situated in Wharton County. ZIP code 77467. Telephone area code: 281. 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.
