San Leon, Texas Weather
San Leon, 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 San Leon, Galveston County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near San Leon. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for San Leon is published on the La Porte Municipal Airport (KT41) page, 25 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 San Leon 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 San Leon: Scholes International At Galveston Airport (KGLS) 25 km · Ellington Airport (KEFD) 27 km · Pearland Regional Airport (KLVJ) 31 km · RWJ Airpark (K54T) 32 km · Baytown Airport (KHPY) 34 km
Conditions reported at KT41 describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at San Leon specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for San Leon.
About San Leon, Texas
San Leon unfolds as a ribbon of coastal life, where the humid air, thick with the scent of salt and marsh grass, seems to cling to everything. It lies 7.0 miles north of Texas City, TX (from Texas City, TX: bearing 350°T), and is situated 7.9 miles east-north-east of Dickinson. The landscape here is a study in low horizons and expansive skies, punctuated by weathered piers stretching into the murky, brackish waters of Galveston Bay. Live oaks, gnarled and draped with Spanish moss, offer sporadic shade along the sandy roads, their branches reaching out like ancient, arthritic fingers. The houses, many built on stilts to ward off the capricious tides, possess a lived-in, slightly ramshackle charm, their paint peeling like sunburnt skin, a testament to the relentless coastal elements. Evenings here bring a peculiar, softened light, a hazy glow that bleeds across the water, turning the distant silhouettes of oil platforms into ethereal beacons. The history of San Leon is inextricably tied to the ebb and flow of the bay and the industries that have drawn people to its shores. Once a quiet fishing village, its proximity to the deep channels of the Gulf made it a natural hub for maritime activities, from shrimping fleets to the offshore energy sector that continues to shape its economy. The echoes of past hurricanes are felt not just in the resilient spirit of its residents, but in the very architecture of the place, a constant negotiation with nature's power. Local eateries, often no more than open-air shacks, serve up the day's catch, a direct link to the bay's bounty and a cornerstone of San Leon's culinary identity. This is a place where life moves with the tide, a slow, deliberate rhythm dictated by the sun and the sea.
Live animated radar for San Leon 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 | San Leon, Galveston County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29.483286°N, 94.922146°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77539 |
| Area Code | 281 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This San Leon, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for San Leon, 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 San Leon includes coordinates 29.483286°N, 94.922146°W, situated in Galveston County. ZIP code 77539. 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.
