Laureles, Texas Weather
Laureles, 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 Laureles, Cameron County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Laureles. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Laureles is published on the Port Isabel Cameron County Airport (KPIL) 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. 4 airfields within reach of Laureles 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 Laureles: Valley International Airport (KHRL) 21 km · Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport (KBRO) 24 km · Mid Valley Airport (KTXW) 48 km
Conditions reported at KPIL describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Laureles specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Laureles.
About Laureles, Texas
Laureles lies low and wide, a collection of homes and businesses spread across the flat coastal plain where the Rio Grande Valley begins to surrender to the Gulf. It lies 13.7 miles east-south-east of Harlingen, TX (from Harlingen, TX: bearing 114°T), and is situated 8.6 miles east of San Benito. The air here carries a constant, humid breath, thick with the scent of salt and sun-baked earth. Mesquite trees, their branches gnarled like arthritic fingers, offer scant shade, and the landscape is dominated by open fields, punctuated by the occasional stand of hardy palms. The sky stretches an immense, pale blue canvas, often streaked with wisps of cloud that drift lazily on the breeze, and at dusk, the light softens to a hazy gold, painting the horizon in broad, gentle strokes. The history of Laureles is a story of water and tenacious cultivation, a legacy tied to the fertile banks of the nearby river. For generations, the rhythm of life here has been dictated by the cycles of agriculture, with fields yielding a bounty of citrus and vegetables under the relentless Texas sun. The local economy, though diversified now, still carries the imprint of its agrarian roots, with fruit stands and produce markets dotting the periphery of the settlement. While no grand monuments rise, the enduring spirit of those who have worked this land, shaping it with their hands and their sweat, is the true enduring feature of Laureles.
Live animated radar for Laureles 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 | Laureles, Cameron County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 26.109243°N, 97.494152°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78566 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Laureles, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Laureles, 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 Laureles includes coordinates 26.109243°N, 97.494152°W, situated in Cameron County. ZIP code 78566. Telephone area code: 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.
