Tow, Texas Weather
Tow, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Tow, Llano County.
Full aviation weather for Tow is published on the Llano Municipal Airport (KAQO) page, 21 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 Tow 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 Tow: Burnet Municipal Airport/Kate Craddock Field (KBMQ) 28 km · Sunrise Beach Airport (K2KL) 32 km · Lampasas Airport (KLZZ) 36 km · Horseshoe Bay Resort Airpark (KDZB) 41 km · San Saba County Municipal Airport (K81R) 46 km
Conditions reported at KAQO describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Tow specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Tow.
About Tow, Texas
Tow unfolds across a landscape of rolling hills, where the rich, ochre soil of the Texas Hill Country cradles scattered live oaks and mesquite trees. It lies 37.6 miles west-south-west of Copperas Cove, TX (from Copperas Cove, TX: bearing 244°T), and is situated 15.7 miles north of Kingsland. The terrain is a gentle, undulating rise and fall, punctuated by dry creek beds that whisper of infrequent, yet powerful, rains. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar quality, especially in the late afternoon, casting long, languid shadows that stretch across fields of sun-baked grass, lending the very air a hushed, golden hue. The prevailing silence is not an absence of sound, but a deep, resonant quietude, occasionally broken by the distant lowing of cattle or the sharp cry of a hawk circling overhead, a testament to the enduring wildness that still clings to this place. This corner of Llano County, where Tow resides, carries the faint echoes of its past, a history intertwined with ranching and the quiet pursuit of a living from the land. The local economy, though modest, is anchored in the enduring spirit of agriculture, with cattle ranches forming a significant part of the economic fabric. While no grand monuments mark its history, a certain stoicism pervades the character of Tow, a resilience born from generations who have learned to read the subtle language of the seasons and the land. The Llano River, a ribbon of blue that snakes through the broader region, offers a vital artery of life and recreation, its presence felt even when not directly in sight, a constant, cool counterpoint to the warm, dry air.
Live animated radar for Tow 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 | Tow, Llano County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 30.883509°N, 98.472533°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78672 |
| Area Code | 512, 737 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Tow, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tow, 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 Tow includes coordinates 30.883509°N, 98.472533°W, situated in Llano County. ZIP code 78672. Telephone area code: 512, 737. 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.
