Lakeside, Texas Weather
Lakeside, 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 Lakeside, Colorado County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Lakeside. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Lakeside is published on the Eagle Lake Airport (KELA) page, 4 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. 5 airfields within reach of Lakeside 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 Lakeside: Wharton Regional Airport (KARM) 38 km · Houston Fort Bend Airport (K2H5) 42 km · Houston Executive Airport (KTME) 50 km · Lane Airpark (KT54) 54 km
Conditions reported at KELA describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lakeside specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lakeside.
About Lakeside, Texas
Lakeside rests on the edge of fertile land, where the broad, flat prairies of Southeast Texas begin to soften and roll. It lies 27.2 miles west-south-west of Fulshear, TX (from Fulshear, TX: bearing 252°T), and is situated 1.7 miles south of Eagle Lake. The air here carries a humid warmth, thick with the scent of damp earth and distant pine, especially after a summer shower. Creeks, often no more than silver ribbons glinting under the relentless sun, thread their way through patches of scrub oak and mesquite, their banks fringed with the tall, whispering grasses that define the region. The sky above is a vast canvas, often a startling, almost luminous blue during the day, deepening to bruised purples and fiery oranges as dusk settles, painting the landscape in hues that feel both ancient and immediate. The character of Lakeside is one of quiet resilience, a place where life moves at a pace dictated by the seasons and the slow turning of the earth, its inhabitants accustomed to the subtle shifts in light and weather. This part of Colorado County has long been shaped by the bounty of its soil, the rich, dark loam perfect for cotton and cattle ranching, industries that have sustained Lakeside and its forebears for generations. The history here is one of hard work and adaptation, of families putting down roots and weathering the storms, both literal and figurative. While not a place of grand pronouncements or bustling tourism, Lakeside possesses a distinct, understated charm. The local economy, though modest, is deeply tied to the land, with a scattering of agricultural businesses and the steady hum of local commerce providing the pulse of daily life. You can feel the echoes of past agricultural endeavors in the weathered barns and the fields that stretch to the horizon, a testament to the enduring connection between the people and the place they call home.
Live animated radar for Lakeside 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 | Lakeside, Colorado County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29.564962°N, 96.328854°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 76108, 78368, 76135 |
| Area Code | 830, 817 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lakeside, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lakeside, 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 Lakeside includes coordinates 29.564962°N, 96.328854°W, situated in Colorado County. ZIP code 76108, 78368, 76135. Telephone area code: 830, 817. 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.
