Stafford, Texas Weather
Stafford, 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 Stafford, Fort Bend County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Stafford. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Stafford is published on the Sugar Land Regional Airport (KSGR) page, 10 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 Stafford 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 Stafford: Houston Southwest Airport (KAXH) 14 km · Lane Airpark (KT54) 24 km · West Houston Airport (KIWS) 25 km · William P. Hobby Airport (KHOU) 27 km · Pearland Regional Airport (KLVJ) 32 km
Conditions reported at KSGR describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Stafford specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Stafford, Texas
Stafford rests where the land begins to swell gently, a broad canvas of coastal plain giving way to the subtle undulations that hint at the distant Brazos River. It lies 1.2 miles west of Missouri City, TX (from Missouri City, TX: bearing 262°T), and is situated 4.6 miles east of Sugar Land. Sunlight, thick and golden in the late afternoon, spills over the flat expanse, illuminating stretches of verdant growth and the occasional glint of water in drainage ditches that crisscross the terrain like veins. The air here carries a humid breath, a palpable warmth that clings to the skin, a constant reminder of the Gulf's proximity, and the sky above is a vast, ever-changing dome, often painted with dramatic clouds that promise sudden, cleansing downpours. Beyond the immediate residential neighborhoods, the landscape opens into a patchwork of mature trees, their branches heavy with Spanish moss, and the low, fertile ground, a place where the very soil seems to hum with a quiet, persistent energy. This is a place where history breathes, not in grand monuments, but in the persistent echo of its agricultural roots. For generations, the rich, dark soil of Stafford was coaxed into yielding bountiful harvests, a legacy that still whispers in the names of its older thoroughfares. While the fields have largely given way to the energetic pulse of commerce and industry, the spirit of enterprise remains, a dynamic force that has reshaped Stafford into a hub of diverse economic activity, from manufacturing to burgeoning tech sectors. The local character is one of practical resilience, a forward-looking spirit that has weathered economic shifts and embraced growth, all while holding onto a grounded sense of community, a quiet pride in the place they call home.
Live animated radar for Stafford 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 | Stafford, Fort Bend County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29.616067°N, 95.557722°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77477, 77497 |
| Area Code | 281 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Stafford, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stafford, 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 Stafford includes coordinates 29.616067°N, 95.557722°W, situated in Fort Bend County. ZIP code 77477, 77497. 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.
