Lyford, Texas Weather
Lyford, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lyford, Willacy County.
Full aviation weather for Lyford is published on the Valley International Airport (KHRL) page, 24 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 Lyford 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 Lyford: Mid Valley Airport (KTXW) 32 km · South Texas International at Edinburg Airport (KEBG) 33 km · McAllen Miller International Airport (KMFE) 52 km · Port Isabel Cameron County Airport (KPIL) 52 km
Conditions reported at KHRL describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lyford specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lyford.
About Lyford, Texas
Lyford exists as a low-lying expanse where the Rio Grande Valley begins its subtle descent toward the Gulf. It lies 16.4 miles north-north-west of Harlingen, TX (from Harlingen, TX: bearing 339°T), and is situated 4.8 miles south of Raymondville. The land here is flat, a rich, dark soil that holds the memory of abundant water, though now it is mostly managed by a network of irrigation canals, their silvery ribbons glinting under the wide Texas sky. Mesquite trees, gnarled and resilient, dot the landscape, their thorny branches reaching out like ancient, patient hands, and the air, especially in the early morning and late afternoon, carries a humid warmth, thick with the scent of growing things and the distant, earthy tang of livestock. The horizon stretches, unbroken by significant elevation, offering an uninterrupted view of the sun’s slow, grand arc across the heavens, a spectacle that paints the sky in hues of pale gold and soft lavender as day surrenders to night. This agricultural heartland of Willacy County, Lyford's story is deeply entwined with the cultivation of its fertile earth. For generations, the economy has been sustained by the bounty of the soil, producing a significant portion of the region's citrus and winter vegetables, a testament to the persistent labor of its residents. The presence of these crops, their orderly rows a stark contrast to the wilder scrubland, speaks of human intention shaping the natural world. You can still see the echoes of earlier agricultural booms in the faded paint of some of the older farmhouses and the sturdy, if sometimes weathered, grain elevators that punctuate the landscape, silent sentinels of a bygone era of prosperity, while newer, more efficient irrigation systems underscore the ongoing adaptation of Lyford to the demands of modern agriculture.
Live animated radar for Lyford 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 | Lyford, Willacy County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 26.412292°N, 97.789718°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78569 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lyford, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lyford, 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 Lyford includes coordinates 26.412292°N, 97.789718°W, situated in Willacy County. ZIP code 78569. 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.
