Indian Lake, Texas Weather
Indian Lake, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Indian Lake, Cameron County.
Full aviation weather for Indian Lake is published on the Port Isabel Cameron County Airport (KPIL) page, 18 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 Indian Lake 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 Indian Lake: Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport (KBRO) 22 km · Valley International Airport (KHRL) 22 km · Mid Valley Airport (KTXW) 48 km
Conditions reported at KPIL describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Indian Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Indian Lake, Texas
Indian Lake exhales a humid breath under a sky that often bleeds into the Gulf's hazy horizon. It lies 13.0 miles north of Brownsville, TX (from Brownsville, TX: bearing 359°T), and is situated 8.5 miles east-south-east of San Benito. The land here is low-slung, a tapestry of coastal prairie giving way to the serpentine embrace of bayous and marshlands. Scattered live oaks, gnarled and ancient, punctuate the flat expanse, their Spanish moss a spectral drapery against the perpetual green. The air itself feels thick, carrying the brine of distant waters and the sweet, decaying scent of sun-baked vegetation. Sunlight, when it breaks through the frequent cloud cover, possesses a peculiar, almost tangible quality, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the stillness and casting long, indigo shadows from the sparse dwellings. The history of Indian Lake is as much a story of water as it is of land, a place where the bounty of the Gulf and the slow, persistent flow of freshwater channels have always dictated life. For generations, its economy has been tethered to the rhythm of the tides and the earth's yield. Fishing fleets, their hulls weathered by salt and sun, still put out from hidden coves, their catches the lifeblood of the small markets that dot the landscape. The fertile soil, particularly in the wetter pockets, has long supported small-scale agriculture, a testament to the resilience of those who chose to coax sustenance from this often-challenging terrain. While not a place of grand pronouncements or bustling industry, Indian Lake possesses a quiet strength, a character forged in the persistent whisper of the wind through the reeds and the timeless cycle of the seasons.
Live animated radar for Indian Lake 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.
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| Location | Indian Lake, Cameron County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 26.089243°N, 97.502485°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78566 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Indian Lake, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Indian Lake, 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 Indian Lake includes coordinates 26.089243°N, 97.502485°W, situated in Cameron County. ZIP code 78566. Telephone area code: 830. 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.
