Princeton, Texas Weather
Princeton, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Princeton, Collin County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Princeton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Princeton is published on the McKinney National Airport (KTKI) page, 9 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. 5 airfields within reach of Princeton 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 Princeton: Caddo Mills Municipal Airport (K7F3) 29 km · Finney Field (KT47) 42 km · Majors Airport (KGVT) 42 km · Sherman Municipal Airport (KSWI) 50 km
Conditions reported at KTKI describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Princeton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Princeton, Texas
Princeton unfolds across the gently rolling terrain of North Texas, where the sky seems to stretch a little wider, a vast canvas often brushed with the fiery hues of sunset. It lies 6.9 miles east of McKinney, TX (from McKinney, TX: bearing 100°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south-south-east of Melissa. The land here breathes with a quiet resilience, a blend of open fields that catch the sun's golden light and scattered stands of trees that offer a dappled shade. Ditches along the roadsides, often choked with wildflowers in spring, speak of the persistent, determined growth that defines this place, a subtle beauty in the unmanicured wildness. The air, particularly in the early morning, carries a crispness that hints at the coming heat of summer, a clean scent of earth and distant pine. This corner of Collin County carries the echoes of its agricultural past, a heritage still visible in the patchwork of farms and ranches that surround Princeton. For generations, the fertile soil has yielded cotton and grains, and though the economy has diversified, a strong connection to the land persists, manifesting in local businesses that still cater to the needs of rural life. The town itself hums with a steady, unhurried rhythm, a place where neighbors still recognize each other at the grocery store and conversations often drift towards the weather and the latest harvest. Princeton's character is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the quiet persistence of its landscape.
Live animated radar for Princeton 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 | Princeton, Collin County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 33.180116°N, 96.498042°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 75407 |
| Area Code | 972, 469 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Princeton, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Princeton, 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 Princeton includes coordinates 33.180116°N, 96.498042°W, situated in Collin County. ZIP code 75407. Telephone area code: 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.
