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Lake City, Texas Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Lake City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Lake City, TX
Sunday, July 5 at 3:30 AM
78
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
85°
Humidity
87%
Wind
7 mph
Sunrise
1:40 AM
Sunset
3:31 PM
Lake City, TX
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLake City, TX: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 77 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 77°H 95°
Lake City, TX
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    95°77°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    94°75°-1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    100°76°+6°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Mostly Clear
    99°76°-1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Partly Cloudy
    99°78°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    14%
    97°77°-2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Partly Cloudy
    19%
    98°78°+1°
Lake City, TX
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SE
140° · backing 5°
Direction
SE
140°
Sustained
7
mph
Gust
14
mph
Peak 24h
24
avg 9
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 9 · pk 24 @ 11:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 226SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 5° from the se.
Lake City, TX
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1010.2
+0.7 mb in 3h · rising · 29.83 inHg
Now
1010.2
mb
3h
+0.7
mb
12h
+0.2
mb
24h
-0.5
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10081012
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1011.51008.01010.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Lake City, TX
Air quality
21
AQI
Good
-5 in 6h

AQI 21 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 5 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 5.9 µg/m³ (AQI 33), ratio 0.69 with 7 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
5.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneGood
35μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.9 µg/m³ (AQI 33), ratio 0.69 with 7 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.

PM2.5/PM10
0.69
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
transport
Lake City, TX
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
26%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
31.0mi
UNLIMITED
78 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
08:30 UTC · Lake City, TX · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
08:30 UTC · Lake City, TX · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Lake City, TX
Satellite · infrared · animated
Lake City, TX
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Lake City, TX
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
6:14 AM
Sunrise
1:40 AM
Daylight
13h 51m
Sunset
3:31 PM
Civil dusk
8:59 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Lake City, TX
The moon
Waning Gibbous
74% illuminated
Moonrise
11:43 PM
Moonset
11:49 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Lake City, TX
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Lake City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 6°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 3 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

15-Day Forecast — Lake City

  1. Sun95°77°3%
  2. Mon94°75°1%
  3. Tue100°76°6%
  4. Wed99°76°3%
  5. Thu99°78°2%
  6. Fri97°77°14%
  7. Sat98°78°19%
  8. Sun97°76°16%
  9. Mon96°75°20%
  10. Tue92°76°14%
  11. Wed101°75°8%
  12. Thu100°76°9%
  13. Fri97°76°16%
  14. Sat90°76°6%
  15. Sun87°76°14%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Lake City

  • 78368

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.