Escobares, Texas Weather
Escobares, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Escobares, Starr County.
Full aviation weather for Escobares is published on the Rio Grande City Municipal Airport (K67R) page, 12 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 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Escobares specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Escobares.
About Escobares, Texas
Escobares rests on the broad, sun-baked plains of South Texas, where the landscape unfolds in hues of ochre and dusty sage under an immense sky. It lies 41.7 miles west-north-west of Mission, TX (from Mission, TX: bearing 289°T), and is situated 9.1 miles west-north-west of Rio Grande City. The land here is flat, stretching towards horizons often softened by the heat haze that rises from the dry earth, a subtle shimmer that lends a dreamlike quality to the afternoon. mesquite trees, their branches gnarled and reaching like arthritic fingers, dot the sparse fields, their small, dark leaves offering meager shade. The air itself carries a dry warmth, tinged with the scent of sun-baked dust and the faint, sweet perfume of unseen wildflowers that manage to bloom in this tenacious soil. Life in Escobares unfolds at a deliberate pace, a quiet persistence against the vastness of the surrounding terrain. The history of Escobares is as deeply rooted in the land as the mesquite itself, a story of hardy settlers drawn to the promise of fertile soil and the potential for growth. For generations, the economy of Escobares has been largely tied to the agricultural rhythms of the region, with cotton and citrus once being significant crops, their cultivation shaping the very character of the community. Though the landscape has shifted and farming practices evolved, a connection to the earth persists, a quiet pride in the ability to coax life from this arid environment. The spirit of Escobares is one of enduring resilience, a testament to the generations who have called this place home, their lives interwoven with the enduring spirit of South Texas.
Live animated radar for Escobares 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 | Escobares, Starr County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 26.410619°N, 98.962529°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78584 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Escobares, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Escobares, 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 Escobares includes coordinates 26.410619°N, 98.962529°W, situated in Starr County. ZIP code 78584. 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.
