Sweeny, Texas Weather
Sweeny, 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 Sweeny, Brazoria County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Sweeny. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Sweeny is published on the Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport (KLBX) page, 24 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. 4 airfields within reach of Sweeny 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 Sweeny: Lane Airpark (KT54) 54 km · Houston Fort Bend Airport (K2H5) 55 km · Houston Southwest Airport (KAXH) 56 km
Conditions reported at KLBX describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sweeny specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Sweeny, Texas
Sweeny unfurls itself under a vast Texas sky, a landscape of subtle swells and broad horizons where the air hangs thick and sweet with the scent of summer growth. It lies 16.0 miles west of Lake Jackson, TX (from Lake Jackson, TX: bearing 271°T), and is situated 7.9 miles south-south-west of West Columbia. The land here breathes a quiet resilience, a place where the soil, fertile and dark, promises bounty and the distant shimmer of heat rises from asphalt ribbons that cut through fields of green and gold. Live oaks, gnarled and ancient, offer stoic shade, their branches reaching out like weathered arms, mirroring the unhurried spirit of the place. The light at dusk here is a painterly affair, bleeding across the western sky in hues of apricot and rose, casting long, dancing shadows that soften the edges of barns and fences. The history of Sweeny is deeply entwined with the agricultural heart of Brazoria County, a legacy of cotton and cattle that still whispers on the breeze. For generations, this land has been cultivated, its bounty feeding communities and fueling economies, and the echoes of that hard work can be felt in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture that dots the landscape. The local economy, while diversifying, still draws strength from the surrounding ranches and farms, with a quiet hum of activity centered around the needs of this agricultural backbone. It’s a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life, a steady, grounding beat that has sustained Sweeny through changing times.
Live animated radar for Sweeny 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 | Sweeny, Brazoria County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29.038862°N, 95.698561°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77480 |
| Area Code | 281 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sweeny, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sweeny, 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 Sweeny includes coordinates 29.038862°N, 95.698561°W, situated in Brazoria County. ZIP code 77480. 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.
