Acala, Texas Weather
Acala, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Acala, Hudspeth County.
Full aviation weather for Acala is published on the El Paso International Airport (KELP) page, 69 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KELP describe the airfield itself. Weather 69 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Acala specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Acala.
About Acala, Texas
Acala exists as a scattered constellation of low-slung buildings against a vast expanse of sun-baked earth, where the horizon seems to stretch into an eternity of pale blue and ochre. It lies 31.9 miles south-east of Socorro, TX (from Socorro, TX: bearing 134°T), and is situated 4.8 miles west-north-west of Fort Hancock. The landscape here is a study in muted tones, the muted greens of hardy desert shrubs clinging tenaciously to the dry, cracked soil, and the subtle greys of weathered rock formations that rise like ancient, forgotten sentinels. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a perfume of dust and distant mesquite, and when the sun dips low, it paints the sky in hues of rose and lavender, a fleeting, breathtaking spectacle that softens the starkness of the terrain. The silence is profound, broken only by the whisper of the wind or the distant, mournful cry of a hawk circling in the immense sky. The history of Acala is etched not in grand monuments, but in the resilience of its people and the sparse resources that have sustained them through the ages. For generations, this land has been a place of passage and sustenance, its economy once tied to the unforgiving demands of ranching and the intermittent promise of mineral extraction, though those days have largely receded into memory. Today, Acala’s character is defined by a quiet self-sufficiency, its residents tending to their homes and livelihoods with a deep understanding of the land’s limitations and its enduring, if subtle, beauty. The spirit of Acala whispers of a time when life was dictated by the sun’s arc and the sparse rainfall, a testament to human endurance in a place that demands respect and understanding.
Live animated radar for Acala 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 | Acala, Hudspeth County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 31.334013°N, 105.914414°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79839 |
| Area Code | 915 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Acala, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Acala, 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 Acala includes coordinates 31.334013°N, 105.914414°W, situated in Hudspeth County. ZIP code 79839. Telephone area code: 915. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
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.
