Gainesville, Texas Weather
Gainesville, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Gainesville, Llano County.
Full aviation weather for Gainesville is published on the Sunrise Beach Airport (K2KL) page, 14 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. 6 airfields within reach of Gainesville 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 Gainesville: Llano Municipal Airport (KAQO) 18 km · Horseshoe Bay Resort Airpark (KDZB) 23 km · Burnet Municipal Airport/Kate Craddock Field (KBMQ) 28 km · Lago Vista Texas Rusty Allen Airport (KRYW) 56 km · Lampasas Airport (KLZZ) 57 km
Conditions reported at K2KL describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gainesville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gainesville.
About Gainesville, Texas
Gainesville, a place where the Texas sky seems to unfurl a little wider, is a quiet collection of homes and businesses set against a backdrop of rolling hills and wide-open spaces. It lies 40.3 miles west of Leander, TX (from Leander, TX: bearing 280°T), and is situated 5.0 miles west-north-west of Kingsland. The land here, a tapestry of hardy grasses and scattered live oaks, slopes gently toward the Llano River, its waters a cool, dark ribbon under the persistent sun. Dust devils, born of the dry air, dance across the unpaved shoulders of roads, ephemeral spirits of the plains. Evenings bring a soft, golden light that bleeds across the horizon, painting the clouds in hues of rose and lavender before the vast, star-dusted darkness descends. The history of Gainesville is etched in the very spirit of its people, descendants of those who first carved out a living from this often-demanding terrain. The economy, once buoyed by ranching and agriculture, now finds a steady pulse in a blend of local commerce and the steady hum of nearby industry, a pragmatic adaptation to changing times. The Llano River, a constant presence, has always been the lifeblood, its banks a gathering place for generations, whispering tales of forgotten homesteads and the enduring spirit of those who called this land home. Gainesville retains a character that feels deeply rooted, a slow, deliberate unfolding of days where the simple act of greeting a neighbor carries a weight of shared experience.
Live animated radar for Gainesville 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 | Gainesville, Llano County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 30.677684°N, 98.521421°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 75672, 78643, 76240 |
| Area Code | 512, 737, 817 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gainesville, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gainesville, 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 Gainesville includes coordinates 30.677684°N, 98.521421°W, situated in Llano County. ZIP code 75672, 78643, 76240. Telephone area code: 512, 737, 817. 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.
