Rock Island, Texas Weather
Rock Island, 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 Rock Island, Liberty County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Rock Island. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Rock Island is published on the Liberty Municipal Airport (KT78) page, 1 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 Rock Island 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 Rock Island: Chambers County Airport (KT00) 33 km · RWJ Airpark (K54T) 37 km · Baytown Airport (KHPY) 40 km · Beaumont Municipal Airport (KBMT) 47 km · Hawthorne Field (K45R) 52 km
Conditions reported at KT78 describe the airfield itself. Weather 1 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rock Island specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rock Island.
About Rock Island, Texas
Rock Island rests on a broad, slow-moving expanse of East Texas prairie, a land where the horizon stretches into an unbroken promise of sky. It lies 28.4 miles north-east of Baytown, TX (from Baytown, TX: bearing 36°T), and is situated 5.7 miles east of Liberty. The terrain here is a subtle gradient, a gentle swell that allows the abundant sunlight to wash over fields of green, punctuated by stands of pine and oak that offer a deeper, cooler shade. The air, especially in the languid afternoons, carries the scent of damp earth and the distant, sweet perfume of blooming wildflowers, a fragrance that clings to the skin like a second, more verdant layer. The character of Rock Island is one of quiet resilience, a place where nature's unhurried rhythms dictate the pace of life, and the land itself seems to breathe with a patient, enduring strength. The history of Rock Island is inextricably tied to the fertile soil and the waterways that once served as its arteries. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of agricultural bounty, established a community that learned to thrive on the cultivation of cotton and timber, industries that shaped the very character of the place. Though those days of large-scale farming have largely receded, the echoes of that past can still be felt in the weathered barns and the sturdy, unpretentious homes that dot the landscape. The local economy today, while more diversified, still holds a deep respect for the land, with a focus on ranching and smaller agricultural ventures, a testament to the enduring connection between Rock Island and its natural surroundings. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling centers of commerce, but a quiet dignity pervades, a sense of belonging to a place that has weathered the seasons and the passage of time with an unfaltering grace.
Live animated radar for Rock Island 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 | Rock Island, Liberty County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 30.068826°N, 94.701032°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 75630, 77575, 77445, 77470 |
| Area Code | 281 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rock Island, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rock Island, 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 Rock Island includes coordinates 30.068826°N, 94.701032°W, situated in Liberty County. ZIP code 75630, 77575, 77445, 77470. 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.
