Oilton, Texas Weather
Oilton, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Oilton, Webb County.
Full aviation weather for Oilton is published on the Jim Hogg County Airport (KHBV) page, 27 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 Oilton 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 Oilton: Laredo International Airport (KLRD) 49 km · Duval Freer Airport (KT19) 59 km
Conditions reported at KHBV describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Oilton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Oilton.
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.
Live animated radar for Oilton 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
