Plainview, Texas Weather
Plainview, 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 Plainview, Houston County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Plainview. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Plainview is published on the Houston County Airport (KDKR) page, 16 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 Plainview 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 Plainview: Groveton Trinity County Airport (K33R) 18 km · Angelina County Airport (KLFK) 49 km
Conditions reported at KDKR describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Plainview specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Plainview.
About Plainview, Texas
Plainview, Texas, breathes a quiet dignity under a sky that stretches wide and blue. It lies 32.4 miles west-south-west of Lufkin, TX (from Lufkin, TX: bearing 256°T), and is situated 13.3 miles east-south-east of Crockett. The land around Plainview rolls with a gentle, almost imperceptible inclination, a subtle rise and fall that is more felt than seen, leading the eye toward horizons softened by the haze of distance. Here, the earth itself is a rich, ruddy loam, a color that deepens with the moisture of a passing shower, and it supports stands of mesquite and hardy grasses that hold their own against the Texas sun. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry warmth, a scent of sun-baked earth and the faint, sweet perfume of wildflowers struggling for purchase in the sparse soil. This place has a history tied to the land and the people who have worked it. Plainview was once a hub for agriculture, its prosperity built on the bounty of cotton and cattle, a legacy still evident in the weathered barns and the quiet strength of its residents. The local economy has shifted, seeking new paths, but the spirit of resilience remains, a quiet hum beneath the everyday routines. Though no grand monuments mark its past, the simple, enduring structures of its main street and the enduring traditions of neighborliness speak to a continuity of life, a steady pulse that has kept Plainview alive and well for generations.
Live animated radar for Plainview 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 | Plainview, Houston County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 31.223238°N, 95.261606°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 75961, 77455, 79072 |
| Area Code | 281, 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Plainview, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Plainview, 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 Plainview includes coordinates 31.223238°N, 95.261606°W, situated in Houston County. ZIP code 75961, 77455, 79072. Telephone area code: 281, 806. 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.
