Moraida, Texas Weather
Moraida, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Moraida, Starr County.
Full aviation weather for Moraida is published on the Rio Grande City Municipal Airport (K67R) page, 13 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 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Moraida specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Moraida, Texas
Moraida lies under a sky that often burns a fierce, unwavering blue, a vast expanse that seems to press down on the low, sun-baked terrain. It lies 42.6 miles west-north-west of Mission, TX (from Mission, TX: bearing 289°T), and is situated 10.0 miles west-north-west of Rio Grande City. The landscape here is a study in muted earth tones, a place where scrub brush and hardy mesquite trees cling tenaciously to the dry soil, their branches reaching like skeletal fingers towards the relentless sun. Dust devils, ephemeral dancers, sometimes swirl across the flat expanses, ephemeral ghosts of movement in the stillness. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, almost gritty texture, a palpable presence that settles on everything. The history of Moraida is deeply entwined with the fertile crescent of the Rio Grande Valley, though its own immediate surroundings are a testament to the arid forces that shape this part of Starr County. Ranching has long been a cornerstone of the local economy, the vast tracts of land supporting herds that have been a way of life for generations. While agriculture flourishes closer to the river, Moraida itself often feels like a quiet outpost, a place where the pulse of life beats at a measured, sun-drenched rhythm. The few buildings that dot the landscape seem to have grown organically from the earth, their weathered facades speaking of resilience and enduring simplicity.
Live animated radar for Moraida 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.
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| Location | Moraida, Starr County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 26.4149°N, 98.9767°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78584 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Moraida, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Moraida, 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 Moraida includes coordinates 26.414900°N, 98.976700°W, situated in Starr County. ZIP code 78584. 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.
