El Quiote, Texas Weather
El Quiote, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for El Quiote, Starr County.
Full aviation weather for El Quiote is published on the Rio Grande City Municipal Airport (K67R) page, 8 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 K67R describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at El Quiote specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for El Quiote.
About El Quiote, Texas
El Quiote rests under a sky so vast it seems to absorb all sound, a place where the land itself exhales a dry, sun-baked stillness. It lies 38.0 miles west-north-west of Mission, TX (from Mission, TX: bearing 288°T), and is situated 5.5 miles west of Rio Grande City. The terrain here is a study in subtle contours, low-lying plains that ripple towards the horizon, punctuated by resilient mesquite and scrub oak that cling to existence. Dust, fine as sifted flour, blankets everything, lending a muted, sepia tone to the landscape, and in the late afternoon, the light can turn the air to molten honey, a thick, golden glaze that settles over El Quiote. The air, when it moves, carries the faint, earthy scent of dry soil and the distant, sweet perfume of unseen wildflowers, a persistent whisper of life against the prevailing quiet. The history of El Quiote is deeply entwined with the flow of the Rio Grande, a lifeblood that has shaped its fortunes and its people for generations. This region, once a frontier of ranching and agriculture, has seen its economy shift, with many of its residents now finding work across the border or in the burgeoning industries that line the international corridor. The echoes of earlier days, of vaqueros and cotton fields, still linger in the way people greet each other, a directness and warmth that belies the stark beauty of their surroundings. While El Quiote may not boast grand monuments, its strength lies in its resilience, in the quiet persistence of a community that has learned to thrive under the immense, unwavering gaze of the South Texas sun.
Live animated radar for El Quiote 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 | El Quiote, Starr County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 26.3845°N, 98.9084°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78582 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This El Quiote, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for El Quiote, 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 El Quiote includes coordinates 26.384500°N, 98.908400°W, situated in Starr County. ZIP code 78582. 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.
