La Coma Heights, Texas Weather
La Coma Heights, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for La Coma Heights, Hidalgo County.
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About La Coma Heights, Texas
La Coma Heights rises from the flatlands, a subtle swell in the vast Texas landscape where the sun often hangs in a sky so wide it feels like a permanent, shimmering dome. It lies 11.0 miles north-north-east of Edinburg, TX (from Edinburg, TX: bearing 30°T), and is situated 7.0 miles north-north-east of Doolittle. The terrain here is a study in muted greens and dusty browns, the soil a rich, dark loam that yields to the persistent sun. Mesquite trees, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers, punctuate the fields, their thorns a testament to resilience. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, dry warmth, a scent of sun-baked earth and distant agricultural fields, a quiet exhalation of the land. Occasional stands of huisache offer a brief, sweet fragrance after a rare rain, a fleeting perfume in the otherwise austere beauty of La Coma Heights. The history of La Coma Heights is deeply intertwined with the agricultural pulse of the Rio Grande Valley, a region long defined by its fertile lands and the labor that coaxed bounty from them. For generations, cotton and citrus have been the lifeblood, their cultivation shaping the very character of the place, fostering a spirit of diligent work and a deep connection to the seasons. While the broader economic landscape has diversified, the echoes of that agrarian past remain, a quiet hum beneath the surface of everyday life. The local economy, while embracing modern enterprises, still feels the steady, predictable rhythm of planting and harvest, a legacy that has imbued La Coma Heights with a particular kind of grounded persistence.
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| Location | La Coma Heights, Hidalgo County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 26.4394°N, 98.0747°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78542 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This La Coma Heights, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for La Coma Heights, Texas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 La Coma Heights includes coordinates 26.439400°N, 98.074700°W, situated in Hidalgo County. ZIP code 78542. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
