Driscoll, Texas Weather
Driscoll, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Driscoll, Nueces County.
Full aviation weather for Driscoll is published on the Nueces County Airport (KRBO) page, 13 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 Driscoll 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 Driscoll: Kingsville Naval Air Station (KNQI) 20 km · Corpus Christi International Airport (KCRP) 27 km · Cabaniss Field Naval Outlying Landing Field (KNGW) 30 km · Waldron Field Naval Outlying Landing Field (KNWL) 43 km · Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Truax Field (KNGP) 45 km
Conditions reported at KRBO describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Driscoll specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Driscoll.
About Driscoll, Texas
Driscoll breathes a quiet, sun-drenched existence under the vast, pale blue skies of South Texas. It lies 23.2 miles west-south-west of Corpus Christi, TX (from Corpus Christi, TX: bearing 248°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south-south-west of Robstown. The land here unfurls in broad, gentle swells of green and gold, a landscape shaped by wind and the persistent, patient growth of coastal plains scrub. Driscoll itself is a scatter of low-slung buildings, their paint weathered by sun and salt-tinged air, a place where the horizon feels close enough to touch and the silence is broken only by the distant hum of cicadas or the occasional passing vehicle. The light, especially as evening approaches, softens and deepens, casting long shadows that stretch like tired limbs across the fields, imbuing the ordinary with a subtle, almost poignant beauty. The air carries a faint, dry sweetness, a scent of sun-baked earth and resilient wildflowers that cling to the roadside verges. The story of Driscoll is one deeply entwined with the fertile earth and the practicalities of agriculture. Once a vital hub for cotton and citrus farming, its economy still carries the echoes of those boom times, though the landscape now hints at a more diversified future, with ranchland and energy interests adding their own textures to the local character. The legacy of its agricultural past is evident in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture and the enduring spirit of its people, who understand the enduring relationship between hard work and the land's bounty. Driscoll’s history is a quiet testament to resilience, a place where the rhythms of nature still dictate much of daily life, and where the legacy of generations is as palpable as the warm Texas breeze.
Live animated radar for Driscoll 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 | Driscoll, Nueces County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 27.674474°N, 97.748607°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78380, 78351 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Driscoll, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Driscoll, 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 Driscoll includes coordinates 27.674474°N, 97.748607°W, situated in Nueces County. ZIP code 78380, 78351. 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.
