Fort Hancock, Texas Weather
Fort Hancock, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fort Hancock, Hudspeth County.
Full aviation weather for Fort Hancock is published on the El Paso International Airport (KELP) page, 76 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 KELP describe the airfield itself. Weather 76 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fort Hancock specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fort Hancock.
About Fort Hancock, Texas
Fort Hancock sprawls under a vast, indifferent sky, a collection of buildings clinging to the arid earth where the Rio Grande forms a distant, shimmering boundary. It lies 36.5 miles south-east of Socorro, TX (from Socorro, TX: bearing 132°T), and is situated 17.6 miles south-east of Tornillo. The land here is a study in muted tones: ochre dust, pale sagebrush, and the bleached bones of long-dead shrubs baking under the relentless sun. Mesquite trees, their roots delving deep for a meager sustenance, offer sparse shade, their branches gnarled and reaching like supplicating hands. The air, when it stirs, carries a dry, mineral scent, a whisper of the ancient geological forces that shaped this starkly beautiful landscape. Even the silence here feels palpable, a heavy blanket woven from heat and distance, broken only by the occasional rattle of a passing truck on the highway or the lonely cry of a hawk circling overhead. This place, Fort Hancock, was born from the strategic needs of a frontier, its origins tied to the protective presence of a military outpost guarding against threats that now exist only in memory. The economy, once perhaps more robust with ranching and the transient needs of soldiers, now leans heavily on the agricultural bounty coaxed from the river's embrace, with cotton fields stretching like pale green carpets in the growing season. Border trade and the ceaseless flow of goods across the nearby international crossing are the lifeblood of Fort Hancock today, a constant hum of commerce that belies the quietude of its streets. Yet, beneath this practical present, the echoes of its past linger, a subtle resonance in the weathered facades of older buildings and the enduring spirit of those who have made this challenging terrain their home.
Live animated radar for Fort Hancock 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 | Fort Hancock, Hudspeth County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 31.298458°N, 105.845245°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79839 |
| Area Code | 915 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fort Hancock, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fort Hancock, 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 Fort Hancock includes coordinates 31.298458°N, 105.845245°W, situated in Hudspeth County. ZIP code 79839. Telephone area code: 915. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
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.
