Horizon City, Texas Weather
Horizon City, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Horizon City, El Paso County.
Full aviation weather for Horizon City is published on the El Paso International Airport (KELP) page, 21 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. 3 airfields within reach of Horizon City 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 Horizon City: Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss) (KBIF) 24 km · Doña Ana County International Jetport (KDNA) 52 km
Conditions reported at KELP describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Horizon City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Horizon City, Texas
Horizon City rises from the arid plains of the Chihuahuan Desert, a landscape defined by the vast, pale sky and the distant, hazy blue of the Franklin Mountains. It lies 6.2 miles east-north-east of Socorro, TX (from Socorro, TX: bearing 65°T), and is situated 8.4 miles north-north-east of San Elizario. The terrain here is mostly flat, a canvas of scrub brush and hardy succulents clinging to the dry earth, punctuated by the occasional arroyo that hints at the infrequent but powerful desert rains. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, clean scent, and the light often possesses a particular golden quality as it catches the dust motes dancing in the stillness. The streets of Horizon City are laid out in a grid, a modern geometry imposed upon the ancient desert, and the homes, often single-story with stucco exteriors, reflect a practical adaptation to the sun and heat. The story of Horizon City is one of ambitious planning and growth, emerging in the latter half of the 20th century as a master-planned community designed to accommodate the burgeoning population of the El Paso region. Its economy has been shaped by its proximity to the border and its role as a residential hub, with many of its residents commuting to El Paso for work in sectors ranging from manufacturing to retail and government. The sense of community is often found in its parks and recreational facilities, places where families gather under the wide, open sky, and in the local businesses that serve as quiet anchors in the daily flow of life. Horizon City, with its unique blend of desert resilience and planned development, continues to evolve against the backdrop of this timeless landscape.
Live animated radar for Horizon City 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 | Horizon City, El Paso County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 31.692612°N, 106.207479°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79928 |
| Area Code | 915 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Horizon City, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Horizon City, 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 Horizon City includes coordinates 31.692612°N, 106.207479°W, situated in El Paso County. ZIP code 79928. 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.
