Orla, Texas Weather
Orla, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Orla, Reeves County.
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About Orla, Texas
Orla emerges from the West Texas plains like a mirage, a collection of structures bleached by a relentless sun against an endless canvas of pale blue. It lies 45.2 miles south-south-east of Carlsbad, NM (from Carlsbad, NM: bearing 155°T), and is situated 37.0 miles north-west of Pecos. The land here is a study in muted tones – ochre dust clinging to sparse, resilient grasses, the occasional thorny mesquite tree offering a solitary, dark green punctuation mark against the horizon. The air itself carries a dry, almost brittle quality, a constant whisper of wind that shapes the gentle swells of the terrain. Even the shadows seem to possess a certain thickness, pooling in the hollows and around the foundations of buildings, hinting at the immense, unyielding sky overhead. The history of Orla is as etched into this landscape as the dry washes that scar the earth after a rare but powerful rain. This is a place built on the promise of extraction, where the subterranean wealth of oil and gas has long been the engine of its economy, drawing a transient population and shaping a pragmatic, no-nonsense character. The legacy of those who worked the fields, their lives tethered to the rise and fall of global energy markets, is a palpable undercurrent. Little remains of the very earliest settlements, but the spirit of resilience, of making a life where little seems to grow, persists in the sturdy, functional buildings and the quiet, determined way of life in Orla.
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| Location | Orla, Reeves County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 31.825126°N, 103.908806°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79770 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Orla, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Orla, 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 Orla includes coordinates 31.825126°N, 103.908806°W, situated in Reeves County. ZIP code 79770. Telephone area code: 806. 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.
