La Presa, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for La Presa, Webb County.
Full aviation weather for La Presa is published on the Laredo International Airport (KLRD) page, 16 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. 2 airfields within reach of La Presa 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 La Presa: Zapata County Airport (KAPY) 51 km
Conditions reported at KLRD describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at La Presa specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for La Presa.
La Presa rests in a landscape shaped by the patient work of wind and infrequent rain, a place where the earth exhales a dry, sun-warmed scent. It lies 8.5 miles south-south-east of Laredo, TX (from Laredo, TX: bearing 150°T), and is situated 3.6 miles north-east of Rio Bravo. The terrain rolls with a subtle, almost imperceptible undulation, a patchwork of mesquite scrub, thorny brush, and hardy grasses that cling to the reddish-brown soil. The sky here is vast, an immense canvas that shifts from the pale, washed-out blue of midday to the fiery oranges and bruised purples of evening, painting the sparse vegetation in transient hues. Heat rises in shimmering waves from the ground, blurring the distant horizons and lending a dreamlike quality to the already stark beauty of the South Texas brush country. The story of La Presa is entwined with the development of ranching and agriculture in Webb County, a region historically defined by its wide-open spaces and the hardy individuals who sought to tame them. While no single grand monument dominates the landscape, the legacy of generations of ranchers is evident in the weathered fences and the enduring spirit of self-reliance that characterizes the local economy. The land, though seemingly unforgiving, yields its bounty through careful cultivation and the raising of livestock, a testament to the resilience of both the people and the environment. The quiet hum of daily life here is punctuated by the calls of unseen birds and the distant rumble of trucks on the highway, a gentle rhythm that speaks of a life lived in close communion with the natural world.
Live animated radar for La Presa 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 | La Presa, Webb County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 27.400021°N, 99.437262°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78046 |
| Area Code | 210, 726 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for La Presa, 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 La Presa includes coordinates 27.400021°N, 99.437262°W, situated in Webb County. ZIP code 78046. Telephone area code: 210, 726. 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.