Bishop, Texas Weather
Bishop, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Bishop, Nueces County.
Full aviation weather for Bishop is published on the Kingsville Naval Air Station (KNQI) page, 9 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. 6 airfields within reach of Bishop 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 Bishop: Nueces County Airport (KRBO) 24 km · Corpus Christi International Airport (KCRP) 36 km · Cabaniss Field Naval Outlying Landing Field (KNGW) 38 km · Waldron Field Naval Outlying Landing Field (KNWL) 48 km · Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Truax Field (KNGP) 51 km
Conditions reported at KNQI describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bishop specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Bishop, Texas
Bishop breathes the wide, open sky of South Texas, a place where the land stretches out in broad, sun-drenched plains, punctuated by the occasional mesquite tree standing like a weathered sentinel. It lies 28.8 miles west-south-west of Corpus Christi, TX (from Corpus Christi, TX: bearing 239°T), and is situated 6.0 miles north-east of Kingsville. The air here carries a dry warmth, a constant whisper of the Gulf that is not too distant, and the light, especially as the day begins its slow surrender to evening, washes over the landscape in hues of ochre and rose, lending a gentle, ephemeral beauty to the flat terrain. The character of Bishop is one of quiet resilience, a community rooted in the earth, its buildings and streets reflecting a practical, unpretentious spirit that has weathered many seasons. This corner of Nueces County has long been shaped by the fertile soil and the bounty it can yield, an agricultural heartland where cotton and sorghum have historically been kings. The legacy of ranching also runs deep, a tradition that has imprinted itself on the local culture and economy, fostering a sense of independence and hard work. Bishop’s story is one of steady growth, driven by the agricultural cycles and the persistent spirit of its inhabitants, a place where the local economy has found its footing in the land's enduring capacity to provide.
Live animated radar for Bishop 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.
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| Location | Bishop, Nueces County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 27.586144°N, 97.799164°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78343 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bishop, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bishop, 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 Bishop includes coordinates 27.586144°N, 97.799164°W, situated in Nueces County. ZIP code 78343. 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.
