Plum, Texas Weather
Plum, 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 Plum, Fayette County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Plum. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Plum is published on the Smithville Crawford Municipal Airport (K84R) page, 22 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. 2 airfields within reach of Plum 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 Plum: Giddings-Lee County Airport (KGYB) 26 km
Conditions reported at K84R describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Plum specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Plum.
About Plum, Texas
Plum rests in a quiet corner of Fayette County, where the land rises and falls with a gentle, rolling grace. It lies 51.7 miles east-south-east of Austin, TX (from Austin, TX: bearing 116°T), and is situated 5.8 miles west-north-west of La Grange. The sky here feels expansive, a vast canvas that shifts from the sharp, bright blue of midday to the bruised, luminous purples of dusk, casting long shadows across fields of sorghum and dormant cotton. Oak trees, ancient and gnarled, punctuate the landscape, their branches reaching like weathered hands towards the sun, while the air, especially after a rain, carries the clean scent of damp earth and the faint, sweet perfume of wild honeysuckle. The roads, often unpaved, wind through this fertile terrain, connecting scattered farmsteads and offering glimpses of grazing cattle, their coats gleaming like polished bronze in the afternoon light. The history of Plum is as deeply rooted as the pecans that grow wild along its creeks, a testament to the resilience of those who settled here generations ago. Primarily an agricultural community, its economy has long been tied to the bounty of the soil, with cotton and cattle forming the backbone of its livelihood. The echoes of German and Czech immigrants who shaped its early character can still be felt in the preservation of local traditions and the quiet pride of its residents. While no grand monuments mark its presence, the enduring spirit of Plum is evident in the weathered barns that stand sentinel over the fields and the unhurried pace of life that allows for the simple beauty of a sunset to be truly appreciated.
Live animated radar for Plum 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 | Plum, Fayette County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29.934946°N, 96.967483°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78945, 78952, 78963 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Plum, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Plum, 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 Plum includes coordinates 29.934946°N, 96.967483°W, situated in Fayette County. ZIP code 78945, 78952, 78963. Telephone area code: 830. 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.
