Bay City, TX Weather Forecast
Matagorda County, Texas
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Bay City, 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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Bay City, TX at a glance
Bay City is home to about 17,561 people in Matagorda County, across 9.3 square miles. It ranks 167th by population of 536 places in Texas with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Sweeny, 16 miles away.
- County
- Matagorda County
- Population
- 17,561 2023 est.
- Land area
- 9.3 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,895
- Forecast point
- 28.9835°N, 95.9599°W
How well can the network see Bay City?
The nearest Doppler radar is KHGX (Houston, TX), to the ENE. Its lowest scan passes about 4,900 ft above Bay City. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Bay City can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KBYY (Bay City Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Bay City
- Sweeny, TX16 mi
- West Columbia, TX22 mi
- El Campo, TX24 mi
- Brazoria, TX24 mi
- Wharton, TX25 mi
- Palacios, TX25 mi
- Needville, TX29 mi
- Lake Jackson, TX31 mi
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