Vanderbilt, Texas Weather
Vanderbilt, 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 Vanderbilt, Jackson County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Vanderbilt. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Vanderbilt is published on the Calhoun County Airport (KPKV) page, 20 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 Vanderbilt 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 Vanderbilt: Jackson County Airport (K26R) 20 km · Victoria Regional Airport (KVCT) 30 km · Palacios Municipal Airport (KPSX) 37 km
Conditions reported at KPKV describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Vanderbilt specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Vanderbilt.
About Vanderbilt, Texas
Vanderbilt lies under a wide, often luminous Texas sky, where the land rolls with a gentle, unassuming grace toward the distant shimmer of the Gulf Coast. It lies 23.4 miles east of Victoria, TX (from Victoria, TX: bearing 87°T), and is situated 14.4 miles north of Port Lavaca. The terrain here is a study in subtle greens and ochres, a vast expanse of coastal prairie that breathes with the humid air, carrying the faint, salty tang of the sea. Scattered live oaks, their limbs gnarled and heavy with Spanish moss, offer islands of shade in the otherwise open landscape, their presence a quiet testament to the resilience of life in this sun-drenched corner of Jackson County. The roads, often unpaved and stretching out like pale ribbons, wind through pastures where cattle graze placidly, their forms softened by the haze that often settles in the late afternoon, lending the world a dreamlike quality. The history of Vanderbilt is as deeply rooted in the soil as the hardy grasses that cover its fields, a story tied to the fertile lands and the enduring spirit of those who have sought a living here. Once a bustling center of commerce, its fortunes ebbed and flowed with the agricultural cycles and the shifting currents of the regional economy, a pattern familiar to many settlements in this part of Texas. Cotton and cattle were the early pillars, their yields dictating the rhythm of life, and the echoes of that agrarian past can still be felt in the quiet persistence of the community. Though the grander days of its boom may have passed, a distinctive character remains, a blend of quiet resilience and a deep, unpretentious connection to the land and the Gulf waters that are never too far away.
Live animated radar for Vanderbilt 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 | Vanderbilt, Jackson County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 28.823045°N, 96.617477°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77991 |
| Area Code | 409 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Vanderbilt, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Vanderbilt, 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 Vanderbilt includes coordinates 28.823045°N, 96.617477°W, situated in Jackson County. ZIP code 77991. Telephone area code: 409. 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.
