Van Vleck, Texas Weather
Van Vleck, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Van Vleck, Matagorda County.
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About Van Vleck, Texas
Van Vleck exhales the humid breath of the Texas coast, a place where the land, mostly flat and fertile, yields to the slow, meandering grace of the Brazos River. It lies 27.5 miles west of Lake Jackson, TX (from Lake Jackson, TX: bearing 268°T), and is situated 5.4 miles east-north-east of Bay City. The sky here is an immense, often cloud-strewn canvas, its vastness pressing down with a palpable weight, especially in the heavy, sun-drenched afternoons. Roads, ribboning through fields of sugarcane and rice, seem to stretch towards an unseen horizon, punctuated by the occasional cluster of live oaks, their branches draped with Spanish moss like ancient beards. The air, thick with the scent of damp earth and distant livestock, hums with the drone of unseen insects and the occasional rumble of a passing truck, carrying the quiet promise of the Gulf. The history of Van Vleck is inextricably tied to the agricultural bounty of Matagorda County, a legacy deeply rooted in the cultivation of cotton and, more recently, rice and sugarcane, crops that have shaped the very contours of the land. The rhythm of life in Van Vleck still beats to the seasons of planting and harvest, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who first coaxed life from this coastal plain. The town itself, a collection of businesses and homes, possesses an unpretentious character, where the local diner serves as a de facto town square and conversations often drift to the weather and the price of grain. The proximity to the Brazos River offers a quiet beauty, its muddy waters reflecting the ever-changing sky, a constant, gentle reminder of the natural forces that have always governed life in Van Vleck.
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| Location | Van Vleck, Matagorda County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29.017754°N, 95.8894°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77482 |
| Area Code | 281 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Van Vleck, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Van Vleck, Texas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Van Vleck includes coordinates 29.017754°N, 95.889400°W, situated in Matagorda County. ZIP code 77482. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
