Knippa, Texas Weather
Knippa, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Knippa, Uvalde County.
Full aviation weather for Knippa is published on the Garner Field (KUVA) page, 14 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 Knippa 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 Knippa: South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo (KHDO) 45 km · Real County Airport (K49R) 52 km
Conditions reported at KUVA describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Knippa specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Knippa.
About Knippa, Texas
Knippa lies cradled in the rolling, scrub-oak-dotted landscape of Uvalde County, where the sun often bleeds a fierce, unyielding light across the horizon. It lies 66.0 miles north-east of Eagle Pass, TX (from Eagle Pass, TX: bearing 52°T), and is situated 10.7 miles east-north-east of Uvalde. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the dry scent of mesquite and the faint, dusty perfume of sun-baked earth. Low, weathered buildings huddle together, their paint faded to the muted tones of the surrounding hills, a quiet testament to endurance under a vast, often indifferent sky. The land itself, a mosaic of pale grasses and thorny brush, slopes gently towards unseen draws and arroyos, hinting at the slow, patient work of water in this arid embrace. The story of Knippa is entwined with the development of the region, a place that has seen its share of ranching and agricultural endeavors, always contending with the capricious nature of the Texas weather. For generations, the economy has been tied to the land, a life lived in close communion with the cycles of planting and harvest, the ebb and flow of livestock. The distinctive character of Knippa is one of quiet resilience, a community that understands the value of self-reliance and the enduring strength found in shared experience. There is a subtle beauty in the stillness here, a sense of time unfolding at its own deliberate pace, marked by the slow drift of clouds and the persistent hum of cicadas.
Live animated radar for Knippa 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 | Knippa, Uvalde County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29.295236°N, 99.637274°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78870 |
| Area Code | 512, 830 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Knippa, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Knippa, 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 Knippa includes coordinates 29.295236°N, 99.637274°W, situated in Uvalde County. ZIP code 78870. Telephone area code: 512, 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.
