Paint Rock, Texas Weather
Paint Rock, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Paint Rock, Concho County.
Full aviation weather for Paint Rock is published on the Winters Municipal Airport (K77F) page, 49 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. 2 airfields within reach of Paint Rock 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 Paint Rock: San Angelo Regional Mathis Field (KSJT) 57 km
Conditions reported at K77F describe the airfield itself. Weather 49 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Paint Rock specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Paint Rock.
About Paint Rock, Texas
Paint Rock unfolds itself across the Texas landscape like a well-worn saddle blanket, its character etched by the persistent sun and the whisper of the wind. It lies 30.6 miles east of San Angelo, TX (from San Angelo, TX: bearing 84°T), and is situated 16.0 miles south of Ballinger. The terrain here is a study in muted earth tones, where rolling hills, softened by the passage of seasons, give way to flatter expanses dotted with mesquite and hardy grasses. The Concho River, a ribbon of life through this semi-arid country, meanders close by, its banks a sanctuary for the occasional deer and the vibrant songs of unseen birds. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a subtle perfume of dust and distant wildflowers, and as dusk approaches, the sky bleeds into hues of apricot and lavender, a quiet grandeur settling over the land. The history of Paint Rock is as deeply rooted as the ancient cedars that cling to the rocky outcrops. Originally settled by ranchers drawn to the fertile river valleys, its economy has long been tied to the land, with cattle ranching and agriculture forming the backbone of its sustenance. The name itself evokes a past, hinting at the pictographs that once adorned the nearby bluffs, silent stories left by peoples long gone. While modernization has touched Paint Rock, it has done so gently, preserving a palpable sense of continuity. Life here moves at a deliberate pace, dictated less by the clock and more by the rising and setting of the sun, a rhythm that has sustained this corner of Concho County for generations.
Live animated radar for Paint Rock 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 | Paint Rock, Concho County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 31.508491°N, 99.920078°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 76866 |
| Area Code | 325 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Paint Rock, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Paint Rock, 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 Paint Rock includes coordinates 31.508491°N, 99.920078°W, situated in Concho County. ZIP code 76866. Telephone area code: 325. 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.
