Mikes, Texas Weather
Mikes, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Mikes, Starr County.
Full aviation weather for Mikes is published on the Rio Grande City Municipal Airport (K67R) page, 24 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 Mikes 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 Mikes: McAllen Miller International Airport (KMFE) 42 km · South Texas International at Edinburg Airport (KEBG) 53 km
Conditions reported at K67R describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mikes specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Mikes, Texas
Mikes exists where the Rio Grande Valley begins to yield its secrets to the wider Texas expanse. It lies 20.3 miles west-north-west of Mission, TX (from Mission, TX: bearing 290°T), and is situated 5.0 miles west-north-west of Sullivan City. The land here is a study in muted greens and sun-baked earth, a place where mesquite trees, their branches gnarled like ancient hands, stand sentinel over wide, flat fields. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry warmth, a scent of dust and distant cattle, and a palpable stillness that can feel both profound and a little lonely. Wide, open skies stretch overhead, their blue an intense hue that seems to hum with the heat, and as dusk approaches, the horizon often bleeds into soft oranges and purples, a gentle farewell to the day's fierce light. The story of Mikes is one of persistent cultivation and the enduring spirit of those who have sought a living from this challenging soil. For generations, agriculture has been the lifeblood of this region, with crops like sorghum and cotton finding their place in the fertile, if often arid, terrain. The legacy of irrigation canals, a testament to human ingenuity against the parched landscape, still snakes across the countryside, a reminder of the constant negotiation with nature that defines life here. While the pace of Mikes is unhurried, a quiet determinationUnderpins its character, a resilience forged in the sunshine and the wind that sweeps across the South Texas plain.
Live animated radar for Mikes 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 | Mikes, Starr County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 26.3147°N, 98.6336°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 Mikes, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mikes, 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 Mikes includes coordinates 26.314700°N, 98.633600°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.
