Lake Tanglewood, Texas Weather
Lake Tanglewood, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lake Tanglewood, Randall County.
Full aviation weather for Lake Tanglewood is published on the Tradewind Airport (KTDW) page, 12 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. 6 airfields within reach of Lake Tanglewood 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 Lake Tanglewood: Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (KAMA) 18 km · Panhandle Carson County Airport (KT45) 50 km · Hereford Municipal Airport (KHRX) 54 km · City of Tulia-Swisher County Municipal Airport (KI06) 56 km · Oldham County Airport (KE52) 58 km
Conditions reported at KTDW describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lake Tanglewood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lake Tanglewood.
About Lake Tanglewood, Texas
Lake Tanglewood unfolds as a quiet jewel in the Texas Panhandle, a place where the wide, flat expanse of the plains gives way to a surprising intimacy of water and land. It lies 11.0 miles south-south-east of Amarillo, TX (from Amarillo, TX: bearing 167°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-east of Canyon. The lake itself, a generous sheet of shimmering blue, lies cradled by gently rolling terrain, its shores fringed with a hardy collection of trees – cottonwoods, elms, and mesquites – that offer a welcome, if sparse, shade against the relentless sun. This is not a place of dramatic elevation changes, but rather a subtle interplay of broad horizons and shadowed coves, where the sky feels vast enough to swallow the world and the water offers a cool, reflective counterpoint. Evenings here carry a special grace, as the setting sun bleeds across the western sky, painting the clouds in hues of apricot and rose, and the air stills into a hushed, expectant peace. The story of Lake Tanglewood is one of adaptation and quiet persistence, a testament to human endeavor against the backdrop of a formidable landscape. Originally conceived as a reservoir to serve the agricultural needs of Randall County, its waters now also offer a haven for recreation and a focal point for the community. The economy here, like much of this region, is rooted in the earth, with ranches and farms shaping the broader contours of life, though the lake itself has fostered a distinct character, drawing families and visitors seeking respite from the open plains. There are no grand monuments or bustling boulevards in Lake Tanglewood, but rather a collection of homes that seem to belong to the land, a shared understanding of the elements, and the simple, enduring beauty of water held in the embrace of the prairie.
Live animated radar for Lake Tanglewood 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 | Lake Tanglewood, Randall County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 35.067554°N, 101.78713°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79118 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lake Tanglewood, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lake Tanglewood, 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 Lake Tanglewood includes coordinates 35.067554°N, 101.787130°W, situated in Randall County. ZIP code 79118. Telephone area code: 806. 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.
