Hudson Bend, Texas Weather
Hudson Bend, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hudson Bend, Travis County.
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About Hudson Bend, Texas
Hudson Bend unfurls itself along the sinuous embrace of Lake Travis, a landscape etched by water and wind into rolling hills carpeted with hardy native grasses and punctuated by stoic live oaks. It lies 8.9 miles south-west of Cedar Park, TX (from Cedar Park, TX: bearing 227°T), and is situated 5.0 miles north-east of Lakeway. The air here, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a faint, dry sweetness, a scent of sun-baked earth and wild rosemary that seems to cling to the very skin. Coves and inlets indent the shoreline, their waters shifting from a deep, almost bruised indigo under a midday sun to a shimmering, liquid silver as dusk descends, painting the sky in washes of rose and apricot. The terrain, a subtle undulation of limestone outcrops and sandy washes, hints at the ancient forces that shaped this corner of the Texas Hill Country, a place where the land itself feels both resilient and quietly alive. The story of Hudson Bend is intrinsically tied to the impoundment of the Colorado River, the creation of Lake Travis in the late 1930s transforming this stretch of rural land into a haven for recreation and a magnet for those seeking a life closer to the water. Before the lake, the economy was primarily agricultural, with small farms coaxing sustenance from the sometimes-stubborn soil. Today, while remnants of that agrarian past can still be found in the weathered fences and scattered ranches, the pulse of Hudson Bend beats to the rhythm of boat ramps and lakeside patios. It is a place where the echoes of old Texas mingle with the vibrant hum of a populace drawn to the lake’s expansive beauty, a locality that has found a distinctive identity shaped by the ever-present, captivating presence of Lake Travis.
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| Location | Hudson Bend, Travis County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 30.417144°N, 97.929179°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78734 |
| Area Code | 512, 737 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hudson Bend, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hudson Bend, Texas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Hudson Bend includes coordinates 30.417144°N, 97.929179°W, situated in Travis County. ZIP code 78734. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
