South Bend, Texas Weather
South Bend, 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 South Bend, Harris County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near South Bend. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for South Bend is published on the Ellington Airport (KEFD) page, 6 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 South Bend 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 South Bend: Pearland Regional Airport (KLVJ) 7 km · William P. Hobby Airport (KHOU) 10 km · La Porte Municipal Airport (KT41) 18 km · Houston Southwest Airport (KAXH) 27 km · Sugar Land Regional Airport (KSGR) 44 km
Conditions reported at KEFD describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at South Bend specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for South Bend.
About South Bend, Texas
South Bend unfolds under a wide Texas sky, where the land gently dips and rises, a subtle topography that speaks of ancient riverbeds and the persistent work of water. It lies 3.2 miles north of Friendswood, TX (from Friendswood, TX: bearing 350°T), and is situated 8.0 miles south of Pasadena. Here, the air carries a humid warmth, often thick with the scent of damp earth and the distant perfume of pine. Magnolias, their waxy leaves catching the sun, stand sentinel along the roads, their blossoms a fleeting, creamy white against the deep green. The landscape is a mosaic of scattered homesteads and pastures, punctuated by stands of oak and the occasional cypress, their roots grasping at the rich, dark soil. The quality of light here, especially as the afternoon wanes, is a soft, golden wash, bathing everything in a tranquil glow before the deep indigo of twilight settles in. The history of South Bend is intimately tied to the waterways that shaped its early existence, a place where the currents once dictated the flow of commerce and community. Its economy, though now diversified, retains echoes of its agricultural roots, with fields that have yielded their bounty for generations. Ranching remains a significant thread, the open spaces allowing herds to graze under the vast expanse. While no single grand monument defines South Bend, its character is found in the quiet persistence of its people, the way life moves with a measured cadence, a reflection of the land itself and the enduring spirit of this corner of Harris County.
Live animated radar for South Bend 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 | South Bend, Harris County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29.5748°N, 95.21°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77089, 76481 |
| Area Code | 713, 832, 281, 346, 254 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This South Bend, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for South Bend, 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 South Bend includes coordinates 29.574800°N, 95.210000°W, situated in Harris County. ZIP code 77089, 76481. Telephone area code: 713, 832, 281, 346, 254. 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.
