La Escondida, Texas Weather
La Escondida, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for La Escondida, Starr County.
Full aviation weather for La Escondida is published on the Rio Grande City Municipal Airport (K67R) page, 6 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 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at La Escondida specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for La Escondida.
About La Escondida, Texas
La Escondida lies on a broad, sun-baked plain where the Rio Grande carves a lazy, serpentine path. It lies 35.8 miles west-north-west of Mission, TX (from Mission, TX: bearing 289°T), and is situated 3.3 miles west of Rio Grande City. The land here is mostly flat, a gentle sweep of scrub brush, mesquite trees, and hardy grasses that seem to drink the relentless Texas sun. Dust devils dance across the horizons in the afternoon heat, miniature whirlwinds that briefly animate the otherwise still air. The sky overhead is an immense dome, a vast canvas of cerulean blue that stretches from edge to edge, broken only by the occasional, slow-moving cloud. Evenings bring a softening of the light, a golden haze that settles over the landscape, painting the sparse vegetation in warm, earthy tones. The history of La Escondida is as much a story of water as it is of soil. For generations, this stretch of the Rio Grande served as a vital artery, sustaining life and livelihoods in this arid expanse. The local economy has long been tied to the fertile lands that border the river, where agriculture, particularly the cultivation of citrus and vegetables, has flourished under careful irrigation. This connection to the land is palpable in the rhythm of daily life, a quiet persistence born of understanding the delicate balance of this semi-arid environment. While the larger forces of commerce may have passed La Escondida by, its distinctive character is preserved in the enduring traditions and the deep-rooted sense of place that defines it.
Live animated radar for La Escondida 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 | La Escondida, Starr County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 26.3807°N, 98.8737°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78582 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This La Escondida, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for La Escondida, 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 La Escondida includes coordinates 26.380700°N, 98.873700°W, situated in Starr County. ZIP code 78582. 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.
