Lake View, Texas Weather
Lake View, 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 Lake View, Cherokee County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Lake View. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Lake View is published on the Cherokee County Airport (KJSO) page, 14 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 Lake View 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 View: Tyler Pounds Regional Airport (KTYR) 43 km · Palestine Municipal Airport (KPSN) 44 km · Rusk County Airport (KRFI) 46 km
Conditions reported at KJSO describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lake View specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lake View.
About Lake View, Texas
Lake View rests beside a wide, shimmering expanse of water, a place where the east Texas pines lean in close to the shore, their needles whispering secrets to the breeze. It lies 25.9 miles south of Tyler, TX (from Tyler, TX: bearing 180°T), and is situated 2.1 miles west-north-west of Jacksonville. The land here is a gentle swell, not the stark drama of mountains, but a rolling terrain that cradles the lake and the scattered homes that grace its banks. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, sweet perfume of pine and damp earth, a scent that clings to everything. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, paints shifting mosaics on the forest floor, a fleeting beauty that mirrors the transient nature of the clouds drifting overhead. The history of Lake View is intrinsically tied to the water it overlooks, a source of sustenance and recreation that has shaped its character for generations. Once, this land echoed with the sounds of a burgeoning timber industry, the scent of freshly cut pine a constant presence. Today, while remnants of that past linger in the sturdy, weathered buildings, the economy has diversified, finding new life in the tourism drawn by the lake’s clear waters and the quiet allure of its natural surroundings. Local traditions, passed down through families who have called Lake View home for decades, often revolve around the water, from fishing tournaments that draw a lively crowd to the simple, profound joy of a family gathered on the shore as the sun dips below the horizon, painting the sky in hues of orange and amethyst.
Live animated radar for Lake View 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 View, Cherokee County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 31.976°N, 95.304116°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 75766, 75652, 78840 |
| Area Code | 903, 512, 830 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lake View, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lake View, 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 View includes coordinates 31.976000°N, 95.304116°W, situated in Cherokee County. ZIP code 75766, 75652, 78840. Telephone area code: 903, 512, 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.
