Athens, TX Weather Forecast
Henderson County, Texas
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Athens, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Athens, TX at a glance
Athens is home to about 13,503 people in Henderson County, across 18 square miles. It ranks 206th by population of 536 places in Texas with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Gun Barrel City, 20 miles away.
- County
- Henderson County
- Population
- 13,503 2023 est.
- Land area
- 18 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 757
- Forecast point
- 32.2026°N, 95.8308°W
How well can the network see Athens?
The nearest Doppler radar is KFWS (Dallas/Fort Worth, TX), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 8,100 ft above Athens. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for Athens looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KF44 (Athens Muni). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Athens
- Gun Barrel City, TX20 mi
- Mabank, TX20 mi
- Chandler, TX22 mi
- Canton, TX24 mi
- Van, TX25 mi
- Hideaway, TX30 mi
- Bullard, TX30 mi
- Tyler, TX32 mi
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