Gardendale, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Gardendale, Nueces County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Gardendale. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Gardendale is published on the Cabaniss Field Naval Outlying Landing Field (KNGW) page, 6 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 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: Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Truax Field (KNGP) 9 km · Waldron Field Naval Outlying Landing Field (KNWL) 10 km · Corpus Christi International Airport (KCRP) 14 km · Hunt Airport (K9R5) 21 km · Ingleside Regional Airport (KTFP) 28 km
Conditions reported at KNGW describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 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.
Gardendale exhales a quiet breath across the Texas landscape, a place where the sun bleeds gold into the horizon at dusk, painting the wide, flat plains in hues of amber and rose. It lies 6.7 miles south of Corpus Christi, TX (from Corpus Christi, TX: bearing 172°T), and is situated 12.4 miles south-south-west of Portland. The air here carries the dry, earthy scent of sun-baked soil and the faintest whisper of distant cattle, a scent that clings to the low-slung buildings and the sparse mesquite trees that dot the terrain. The sky is an immense, ever-present dome, a canvas for clouds that drift with a stately, unhurried pace, their shadows sweeping across the land like slow, deliberate brushstrokes. Life in Gardendale moves with the sun, a steady, grounded existence marked by the low hum of vehicles on the highway and the distant bark of a dog, sounds that seem to amplify in the vast, open quiet. The history of Gardendale is a story etched in the resilience of those who sought sustenance from this particular stretch of Nueces County, a lineage tied to the ebb and flow of agricultural ventures that have shaped its character. For generations, the land has yielded its bounty, supporting a local economy that has historically relied on the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock, a rhythm that persists even as the world outside shifts and churns. Though not a place of grand pronouncements or celebrated monuments, Gardendale possesses a quiet distinction, a sense of enduring presence that resonates with those who call it home, a testament to a life lived in close communion with the land and the vast, indifferent beauty of South Texas.
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, Nueces County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 27.705032°N, 97.381103°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 |
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 27.705032°N, 97.381103°W, situated in Nueces 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.