Athens, TX Weather

Henderson County6:24 AM CDT32.20°N, 95.86°WElevation 489 ft
Air Quality Alert until 6:30 PM Fri

Current conditions

Clear
54°
Clear
Feels like 54°
High 84°·Low 56°
WindCalm
Humidity77%
Dew point46°
Pressure30.15 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover14%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:34 AM
Sunset6:43 PM

Observed at Tyler, Tyler Pounds Field · 59 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday

    Sunny. High near 84, with temperatures falling to around 82 in the afternoon. East southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Friday Night

    Mostly clear. Low around 56, with temperatures rising to around 58 overnight. East southeast wind around 0 mph.

  • Saturday

    Sunny. High near 84, with temperatures falling to around 82 in the afternoon. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 16 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 56°
  2. 7 AM Sunny 55°
  3. 8 AM Sunny 56°
  4. 9 AM Sunny 61°
  5. 10 AM Sunny 68°
  6. 11 AM Sunny 73°
  7. 12 PM Sunny 77°
  8. 1 PM Sunny 81°
  9. 2 PM Sunny 82°
  10. 3 PM Sunny 82°
  11. 4 PM Sunny 83°
  12. 5 PM Sunny 82°
  13. 6 PM Mostly Clear 80°
  14. 7 PM Mostly Clear 76°
  15. 8 PM Partly Cloudy 69°
  16. 9 PM Partly Cloudy 67°
  17. 10 PM Partly Cloudy 65°
  18. 11 PM Mostly Clear 64°
  19. Sat12 AM Mostly Clear 63°
  20. 1 AM Mostly Clear 62°
  21. 2 AM Mostly Clear 61°
  22. 3 AM Mostly Clear 60°
  23. 4 AM Mostly Clear 59°
  24. 5 AM Mostly Clear 58°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny55°83°
  2. TodayOct 23 Sunny Sunny56°84°
  3. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny57°84°
  4. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny55°80°
  5. MonOct 26 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny57°79°
  6. TueOct 27 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny10%55°77°
  7. WedOct 28 Sunny Sunny55°78°
  8. ThuOct 29 Showers Showers0.06 in61°81°
  9. FriOct 30 Cloudy Cloudy55°74°
  10. SatOct 31 Cloudy Cloudy0.02 in62°69°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

54
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Forecast

  • FriModerate
  • SatModerate
  • SunModerate

Tyler-Longview-Marshall, TX reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:34 AM
Sunset 6:43 PM
Daylight 11 h 9 min (−1 min 50 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 91% lit
Moonrise 5:03 PM Moonset 4:54 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in FWD, issued 5 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Quiet weather and mostly dry conditions will continue through the weekend.

- A change in the weather pattern is expected next week, bringing slightly cooler temperatures and at least low rain chances.

Short Term

(Tonight through Saturday) Issued at 1144 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

Anomalously strong mid-level ridging characterized by a 590 dam 500mb ridge axis will remain extended from the Southern Plains into the Mississippi Valley through the short term period. This will result in persistent above normal temperatures with highs in the 80s and lows mostly in the 60s heading into the weekend with essentially zero rain chances locally. Low humidity will maintain a fairly pleasant feel though, as dewpoints hover in the 40s and lower 50s through the next couple of days. Winds will remain fairly light out of the southeast, while some cirrus occasionally passes overhead associated with Four Corners troughing.

Long Term

(Saturday night through next Thursday) Issued at 1144 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

Persistent mid-level troughing across the Intermountain West will continue through the rest of the weekend into early next week before the ejections of multiple shortwaves into the Central Plains gradually erodes the western periphery of the ridge axis. This will give way to increased ascent across West Texas and the Big Country while modest moisture return occurs, which could allow for low rain chances across our western zones late Monday or Tuesday. A small increase in mid/high cloud cover associated with this impinging troughing could shave a couple degrees off of high temperatures through the early/middle portion of next week, but highs will remain soundly above normal in the upper 70s and lower 80s. Richer moisture return looks to occur mid to late week ahead of a deeper Central Plains trough and a more significant pattern shift. This time frame (currently Thursday-Friday) should offer the next noteworthy chances for showers and thunderstorms across much of the area which may be accompanied by a frontal intrusion as well.

Aviation

(06Z TAFS) Issued at 1144 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

VFR will prevail through the period with light southeast winds of 5-8 kt. SCT cirrus will be the extent of cloud cover through today.

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