Gardendale, Texas Weather
Gardendale, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Gardendale, La Salle County.
Full aviation weather for Gardendale is published on the Cotulla-La Salle County Airport (KCOT) page, 7 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 Gardendale 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 Gardendale: Dilley Airpark (K24R) 19 km · Mc Kinley Field (KT30) 36 km · Dimmit County Airport (KCZT) 59 km
Conditions reported at KCOT describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gardendale specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gardendale.
About Gardendale, Texas
Gardendale unfolds across a landscape of muted ochre and sage, where the flat expanse of South Texas prairie stretches to meet a sky that seems impossibly vast, a canvas for the slow, deliberate march of clouds. It lies 72.0 miles north-north-east of Laredo, TX (from Laredo, TX: bearing 14°T), and is situated 5.6 miles north-north-east of Cotulla. The terrain, a subtle ripple of low hills and shallow draws, supports hardy grasses that whisper their dry secrets to the insistent wind. Here, mesquite trees, their branches gnarled like ancient hands, offer sparse shade, their thorns a constant reminder of the land's unyielding nature. The air itself carries a fine, persistent dust, a testament to the earth's dry breath, and in the late afternoon, the sun bleeds a warm, honeyed light across the fields, softening the sharp edges of the world. This is a place where the echoes of ranching life still resonate, a history etched into the very soil by generations of families who coaxed a living from this often-challenging earth. The local economy, once deeply rooted in cattle and agriculture, now finds a steady hum in the energy sector, a modern counterpoint to the timeless rhythm of the seasons. While Gardendale itself may not boast grand monuments, its character is defined by a quiet resilience, a steadfastness born from the open spaces and the deep, silent wells of the earth. The sparse scattering of homes and businesses speaks of a deliberate pace, a life lived in close communion with the elements, where the horizon is not a boundary, but an invitation.
Live animated radar for Gardendale 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 | Gardendale, La Salle County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 28.51693°N, 99.216144°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78014, 78411, 79758 |
| Area Code | 830, 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gardendale, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gardendale, 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 Gardendale includes coordinates 28.516930°N, 99.216144°W, situated in La Salle County. ZIP code 78014, 78411, 79758. Telephone area code: 830, 806. 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.
