Lakeview, Texas Weather
Lakeview, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lakeview, Swisher County.
Full aviation weather for Lakeview is published on the City of Tulia-Swisher County Municipal Airport (KI06) page, 13 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 Lakeview 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 Lakeview: Joe Vaughn Spraying Airport (K29F) 21 km · Hale County Airport (KPVW) 44 km · Hereford Municipal Airport (KHRX) 52 km
Conditions reported at KI06 describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lakeview specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lakeview.
About Lakeview, Texas
Lakeview, Swisher County, Texas, unfolds across a gently rolling prairie, a vast expanse where the sky seems to press down with an almost tangible weight, a pale, washed-out blue that bleeds into the horizon. It lies 48.1 miles south of Amarillo, TX (from Amarillo, TX: bearing 186°T), and is situated 9.2 miles west of Tulia. The land here is a study in muted tones: sun-baked earth the color of weak tea, dotted with tenacious scrub brush and fields of cotton that, when in bloom, offer a brief, surprising whisper of white. Dust devils, like phantom dancers, sometimes whirl across the flatlands, ephemeral spirits in the immense, quiet theater of the plains, and the air, when it carries a breeze, tastes of dry grass and distant rain. The horizon is a sharp, unwavering line, broken only by the occasional, stoic silhouette of a wind turbine, its blades a slow, deliberate sweep against the immense canvas of the heavens. This is a place where the economy is as deeply rooted as the mesquite that stubbornly holds its ground, primarily tied to the earth’s bounty. Generations have coaxed livelihoods from the soil, the rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of Lakeview. The legacy of agriculture, particularly cotton and grain, is etched into the very character of the place, a testament to perseverance against the often-harsh Texas elements. While the world outside might rush, life in Lakeview moves with a different cadence, a slower, more deliberate unfolding that allows for the quiet observation of the sun’s slow descent, painting the western sky in hues of bruised peach and fading rose. It’s a place that holds its history close, a quiet strength born of resilience and a deep, abiding connection to the land.
Live animated radar for Lakeview 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 | Lakeview, Swisher County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 34.529508°N, 101.920185°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79088, 75051, 76179, 79239 |
| Area Code | 817, 806 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lakeview, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lakeview, 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 Lakeview includes coordinates 34.529508°N, 101.920185°W, situated in Swisher County. ZIP code 79088, 75051, 76179, 79239. Telephone area code: 817, 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.
