Rancho Viejo, Texas Weather
Rancho Viejo, 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 Rancho Viejo, Galveston County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Rancho Viejo. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Rancho Viejo is published on the Pearland Regional Airport (KLVJ) page, 7 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 Rancho Viejo 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 Rancho Viejo: Ellington Airport (KEFD) 14 km · William P. Hobby Airport (KHOU) 20 km · La Porte Municipal Airport (KT41) 24 km · Houston Southwest Airport (KAXH) 28 km · Sugar Land Regional Airport (KSGR) 48 km
Conditions reported at KLVJ describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rancho Viejo specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rancho Viejo.
About Rancho Viejo, Texas
Rancho Viejo lies under a vast, humid sky, a place where the land exhales the scent of salt and damp earth. It lies 3.6 miles south-south-east of Friendswood, TX (from Friendswood, TX: bearing 165°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south-east of Pearland. The terrain here is a study in low relief, an expanse of flatlands that stretch toward the distant, shimmering horizon, interrupted only by the occasional stand of live oaks or the serpentine ribbons of bayous. The air, thick with the promise of afternoon rain, carries the distant cries of gulls and the hum of unseen insects, a constant, subtle soundtrack to the languid days. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-present haze, falls in broad, pale shafts, illuminating patches of resilient coastal grasses that sway with a breath of wind. The history of Rancho Viejo is intrinsically tied to the bounty and vagaries of the Gulf Coast, its early economy once rooted in the rich soil that yielded crops like rice and sugarcane, though the relentless encroachment of saltwater has reshaped much of that agricultural landscape. Today, the echoes of a different era can be felt in the weathered facades of older buildings, hinting at a past where fishing fleets once plied the nearby waters and small businesses served a community reliant on the sea and the land. The area’s distinctive character is further defined by its proximity to the intricate network of waterways, where boats bob gently at their moorings, a constant reminder of the liquid arteries that have shaped life in Rancho Viejo.
Live animated radar for Rancho Viejo 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 | Rancho Viejo, Galveston County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29.4797°N, 95.1855°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77546, 78575 |
| Area Code | 281, 830 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rancho Viejo, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rancho Viejo, 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 Rancho Viejo includes coordinates 29.479700°N, 95.185500°W, situated in Galveston County. ZIP code 77546, 78575. Telephone area code: 281, 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.
