Horseshoe Bay, Texas Weather
Horseshoe Bay, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Horseshoe Bay, Burnet County.
Full aviation weather for Horseshoe Bay is published on the Horseshoe Bay Resort Airpark (KDZB) page, 3 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 Horseshoe Bay 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 Horseshoe Bay: Sunrise Beach Airport (K2KL) 9 km · Burnet Municipal Airport/Kate Craddock Field (KBMQ) 23 km · Lago Vista Texas Rusty Allen Airport (KRYW) 36 km · Lakeway Airpark (K3R9) 39 km · Llano Municipal Airport (KAQO) 41 km
Conditions reported at KDZB describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Horseshoe Bay specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Horseshoe Bay.
About Horseshoe Bay, Texas
Horseshoe Bay unfolds onto the edge of the Texas Hill Country, a landscape sculpted by the patient hand of erosion, where the rough-hewn granite hills soften into rolling terrain carpeted with juniper and live oak. It lies 28.9 miles west of Leander, TX (from Leander, TX: bearing 266°T), and is situated 4.4 miles west-south-west of Marble Falls. The air here, especially as the sun begins its descent, carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the subtle perfume of wild sage and the distant, earthy aroma of warmed soil. The Llano River, a ribbon of cool, clear water, is the heart of this place, its banks a mosaic of smooth, sun-baked stones and resilient, low-lying vegetation that thirstily drinks its bounty. The light at dusk possesses a particular quality, a molten gold that washes over the rounded summits, imbuing the very stones with a temporary, luminous warmth before yielding to the deepening indigo of the Texas night. This resort community, once a more sparsely populated stretch of ranchland, has bloomed into a destination known for its championship golf courses and the tranquil embrace of its lakeside amenities. The economy of Horseshoe Bay is intrinsically tied to the visitors who seek its recreational offerings, a stark contrast to the rough-and-tumble history of Llano County, which once buzzed with the promise of mineral wealth, particularly for mica and granite. While those days of prospectors and raw extraction have largely passed, the legacy of the land remains, a quiet testament to the enduring power of nature and the adaptability of human endeavor. The spirit of Horseshoe Bay now celebrates leisure and the simple pleasures of lakeside living, a distinct chapter in the long, unfolding story of this part of Texas.
Live animated radar for Horseshoe Bay 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 | Horseshoe Bay, Burnet County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 30.548246°N, 98.337802°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78657 |
| Area Code | 512, 737 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Horseshoe Bay, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Horseshoe Bay, 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 Horseshoe Bay includes coordinates 30.548246°N, 98.337802°W, situated in Burnet County. ZIP code 78657. Telephone area code: 512, 737. 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.
