Oilton, Texas Weather
Oilton, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Oilton, Webb County.
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About Oilton, Texas
Oilton lies low on the South Texas plain, a collection of weathered buildings baking under a sky that stretches, wide and indifferent. It lies 32.8 miles east of Laredo, TX (from Laredo, TX: bearing 95°T), and is situated 21.2 miles west-north-west of Hebbronville. The land here is a study in muted greens and dusty browns, scrub brush clinging tenaciously to the soil, punctuated by the occasional mesquite tree with its gnarled limbs. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry heat, a palpable presence that seems to settle on everything, softening the sharp edges of the day. Dust devils, ephemeral dancers, sometimes spin lazily across the flat expanse, brief storms of grit that quickly dissipate, leaving the landscape as still as it was before. The story of Oilton is inextricably linked to the black gold that once flowed from beneath its soil, an era that left behind a legacy of boom and bust, of fortunes made and lost with the capricious nature of oil prices. Though the wells may no longer gush with the same fervor, the spirit of resilience, forged in those heady days, still lingers in the quiet hum of daily life. The local economy, now more diversified, still feels the echo of that industrial past, with a community that understands the value of hard work and the enduring strength found in shared experience. This is Oilton, a place where the past whispers on the wind, a constant reminder of the forces that shaped its character.
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| Location | Oilton, Webb County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 27.465861°N, 98.974192°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78371 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oilton, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oilton, 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 Oilton includes coordinates 27.465861°N, 98.974192°W, situated in Webb County. ZIP code 78371. 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.
