Kenedy, Texas Weather
Kenedy, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kenedy, Karnes County.
Full aviation weather for Kenedy is published on the Naval Outlying Landing Field Goliad (KNGT) page, 32 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 Kenedy 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 Kenedy: Beeville Municipal Airport (KBEA) 51 km · Chase Field Industrial Airport (KTX2) 54 km · Live Oak County Airport (K8T6) 57 km
Conditions reported at KNGT describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kenedy specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kenedy.
About Kenedy, Texas
Kenedy unfolds across a landscape of gently rolling terrain, a place where the sky feels vast and the sun, when it chooses, can be a formidable presence. It lies 51.2 miles west of Victoria, TX (from Victoria, TX: bearing 271°T), and is situated 5.5 miles south-east of Karnes City. The land here is a muted palette of sun-baked earth and scrubby mesquite, punctuated by the occasional live oak, its branches gnarled like ancient fingers reaching for the heavens. Dust motes dance in the shafts of light that pierce the hazy air, and the silence is often broken only by the distant hum of traffic or the sharp cry of a hawk circling overhead. The character of Kenedy is one of quiet endurance, a stoic resilience shaped by the elements and the slow, deliberate passage of time. This corner of South Texas carries the deep roots of its agricultural past, a history woven into the very fabric of Kenedy. For generations, cotton fields and cattle ranches defined the local economy, a rhythm dictated by the seasons and the capricious rainfall. While that agrarian spirit still lingers, the discovery of oil and gas reserves has brought a new, more frenetic energy to the region, with the distant gleam of drilling rigs a common sight on the horizon. This shift has reshaped the character of Kenedy, attracting a transient workforce and infusing the air with a subtle undercurrent of anticipation, a sense that fortunes can be made and lost with the turn of a well. The town itself, with its modest storefronts and aging brick buildings, holds the echoes of its founding, a testament to the pioneers who first carved a life out of this challenging, yet beautiful, expanse.
Live animated radar for Kenedy 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 | Kenedy, Karnes County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 28.819147°N, 97.848612°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78119 |
| Area Code | 210 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kenedy, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kenedy, 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 Kenedy includes coordinates 28.819147°N, 97.848612°W, situated in Karnes County. ZIP code 78119. Telephone area code: 210. 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.
