Tarkington Prairie, Texas Weather
Tarkington Prairie, 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 Tarkington Prairie, Liberty County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Tarkington Prairie. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Tarkington Prairie is published on the Liberty Municipal Airport (KT78) page, 36 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. 5 airfields within reach of Tarkington Prairie 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 Tarkington Prairie: Livingston Municipal Airport (K00R) 43 km · Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport (KCXO) 44 km · George Bush Intercontinental Airport (KIAH) 51 km · Baytown Airport (KHPY) 58 km
Conditions reported at KT78 describe the airfield itself. Weather 36 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Tarkington Prairie specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Tarkington Prairie.
About Tarkington Prairie, Texas
Tarkington Prairie unfurls across East Texas, a landscape of broad, sun-drenched fields that seem to exhale the scent of damp earth and ripening grain. It lies 24.8 miles north-north-east of Atascocita, TX (from Atascocita, TX: bearing 31°T), and is situated 7.9 miles east-south-east of Cleveland. The land here is a study in subtle contours, not the dramatic rise and fall of mountains, but gentle swells that catch the light in the late afternoon, turning the grasses to burnished gold. Ancient live oaks, their limbs gnarled like arthritic fingers, punctuate the open spaces, offering islands of deep shade where the air hangs heavy and still. The sky above Tarkington Prairie is an immense canvas, often a startling, robin's-egg blue, stretching from horizon to horizon, a constant reminder of the vastness that surrounds this quiet corner of Liberty County. This is a place where the pulse of life beats a little slower, a rhythm shaped by the seasons and the enduring legacy of agriculture. For generations, the fertile soil of Tarkington Prairie has yielded its bounty, a testament to the hardiness of those who first cleared these lands. Though modern industry has cast its shadow, the deep roots of farming and ranching still anchor the local economy, with cattle grazing in pastures that stretch towards the distant pines and the occasional scent of diesel mingling with the sweet perfume of honeysuckle. The history here is not shouted from grand monuments, but whispered in the creak of a weathered barn door and the slow, steady cadence of conversation at the general store, a place that feels less like a business and more like the town's living room.
Live animated radar for Tarkington Prairie 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 | Tarkington Prairie, Liberty County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 30.304654°N, 94.960763°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77327, 77372 |
| Area Code | 713, 832 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Tarkington Prairie, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tarkington Prairie, 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 Tarkington Prairie includes coordinates 30.304654°N, 94.960763°W, situated in Liberty County. ZIP code 77327, 77372. Telephone area code: 713, 832. 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.
