Big Bend, Texas Weather
Big Bend, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Big Bend, Brewster County.
Full aviation weather for Big Bend is published on the Alpine Casparis Municipal Airport (KE38) page, 44 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 Big Bend 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 Big Bend: Marfa Municipal Airport (KMRF) 51 km
Conditions reported at KE38 describe the airfield itself. Weather 44 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Big Bend specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Big Bend.
About Big Bend, Texas
Big Bend is a land of stark, magnificent beauty, where the earth cracks open to reveal ancient geological stories. It lies 147.4 miles south-south-west of West Odessa, TX (from West Odessa, TX: bearing 210°T), and is situated 25.9 miles south of Alpine. The Chihuahuan Desert stretches under a sky that seems impossibly vast, a canvas for sunsets that bleed orange and purple into the rugged mountain ranges that define the horizon. Towering mesas, worn smooth by millennia of wind and water, stand sentinel over vast, arroyo-scarred basins, their flanks a mosaic of creosote, ocotillo, and prickly pear cactus. The Rio Grande, a ribbon of emerald and silver, snakes through the heart of this arid expanse, its life-giving waters shaping canyons so deep they seem to swallow the light. The air here, even in the midday heat, carries a dry, clean scent, a whisper of dust and hardy desert blooms. This remote corner of Texas, Big Bend, has long been a place of resilience and self-reliance, its sparse population drawn to the raw, untamed landscape. For centuries, indigenous peoples navigated these canyons and riverbanks, their echoes still felt in the silence. Later, prospectors, ranchers, and hardy settlers carved out lives here, their legacy visible in the weathered remnants of old homesteads and ghost towns that dot the terrain. The local economy has historically been tied to ranching, with cattle grazing on the sparse desert grasses, and more recently, to the burgeoning tourism drawn by the unparalleled natural wonders of Big Bend National Park and the surrounding wilderness. The Rio Grande, beyond its scenic grandeur, remains a vital artery, supporting the limited agriculture and a unique cultural blend shaped by its proximity to Mexico.
Live animated radar for Big Bend 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 | Big Bend, Brewster County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29.987864°N, 103.728917°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79852 |
| Area Code | 915 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Big Bend, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Big Bend, 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 Big Bend includes coordinates 29.987864°N, 103.728917°W, situated in Brewster County. ZIP code 79852. 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.
