Indianola, Texas Weather
Indianola, 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 Indianola, Calhoun County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Indianola. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Indianola is published on the Calhoun County Airport (KPKV) page, 25 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 Indianola 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 Indianola: Palacios Municipal Airport (KPSX) 33 km · Jackson County Airport (K26R) 55 km · Victoria Regional Airport (KVCT) 57 km
Conditions reported at KPKV describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Indianola specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Indianola.
About Indianola, Texas
Indianola rests on the vast, flat expanse of the Texas coast, a place where the land seems to sigh into the Gulf of Mexico. It lies 37.3 miles east-south-east of Victoria, TX (from Victoria, TX: bearing 123°T), and is situated 6.6 miles north-west of Port OConnor. Here, the sky is a boundless canvas, often painted with the bruised purples and fiery oranges of an approaching storm, or the pale, washed-out blue of a serene afternoon. The air, thick with the briny tang of salt and the sweet, earthy scent of marsh grass, carries the distant cries of gulls and the low murmur of waves. Live oaks, gnarled and ancient, stand like stoic sentinels against the persistent wind, their branches draped with Spanish moss that sways like spectral beards. The terrain is low and yielding, a landscape of subtle gradients that speak of water and sediment, where the horizon feels both impossibly far and intimately close. The history of Indianola is a tale of ambition and resilience, a port town that once dreamed of becoming a major hub for commerce and immigration. Founded in the mid-19th century, it buzzed with the energy of ships arriving from distant lands, carrying people and goods that shaped the burgeoning state. The local economy, once driven by the ebb and flow of maritime trade and the fertile lands surrounding it, has adapted over time, with fishing and agriculture still holding a quiet significance. Though hurricanes have tested its resolve, leaving behind a landscape marked by their passage, the spirit of Indianola endures, a testament to the enduring connection between people and this particular stretch of the Texas coast. The faded paint on weathered buildings and the quiet hum of daily life suggest a place that has seen much, yet continues to hold its own counsel.
Live animated radar for Indianola 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 | Indianola, Calhoun County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 28.511945°N, 96.487475°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77979 |
| Area Code | 409 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Indianola, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Indianola, 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 Indianola includes coordinates 28.511945°N, 96.487475°W, situated in Calhoun County. ZIP code 77979. Telephone area code: 409. 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.
