Alpine, Texas Weather
Alpine, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Alpine, Brewster County.
Full aviation weather for Alpine is published on the Alpine Casparis Municipal Airport (KE38) page, 4 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. 2 airfields within reach of Alpine 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 Alpine: Marfa Municipal Airport (KMRF) 34 km
Conditions reported at KE38 describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Alpine specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Alpine.
About Alpine, Texas
Alpine sprawls across a high desert plateau, a place where the sky feels impossibly vast and the distant mountains are etched in shades of bruised purple and ochre. It lies 123.4 miles south-west of West Odessa, TX (from West Odessa, TX: bearing 214°T), and is situated 21.6 miles east of Marfa. The landscape is a study in resilience, a terrain of scrub brush, hardy mesquite, and the occasional sentinel yucca, all baking under a relentless sun that bleaches the earth to a pale bone color. The air itself has a dry, mineral tang, carrying the whisper of wind across wide, open spaces. The very character of Alpine seems drawn from this stark beauty, a quiet fortitude reflected in the weathered facades of its buildings and the measured pace of its days. This corner of West Texas, historically a crossroads for ranching and the railroad, finds its modern pulse in a blend of education and a burgeoning arts scene, anchored by a university that brings a youthful energy to the dusty streets. The economy, once dominated by cattle and sheep, now sees a diversification, with small businesses catering to both locals and the steady stream of visitors drawn to the rugged beauty of Big Bend National Park, a jewel of the region. The twilight here paints the horizon with an extraordinary, fleeting brilliance, a daily spectacle that seems to imbue the very spirit of Alpine with a serene, enduring quality.
Live animated radar for Alpine 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 | Alpine, Brewster County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 30.358492°N, 103.661012°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79830, 79831, 79832 |
| Area Code | 915 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Alpine, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alpine, 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 Alpine includes coordinates 30.358492°N, 103.661012°W, situated in Brewster County. ZIP code 79830, 79831, 79832. Telephone area code: 915. 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.
