Rafael Pena, Texas Weather
Rafael Pena, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Rafael Pena, Starr County.
Full aviation weather for Rafael Pena is published on the Rio Grande City Municipal Airport (K67R) page, 25 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 Rafael Pena 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 Rafael Pena: McAllen Miller International Airport (KMFE) 42 km · South Texas International at Edinburg Airport (KEBG) 54 km
Conditions reported at K67R describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rafael Pena specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Rafael Pena, Texas
Rafael Pena unfolds across a landscape of wide, sun-baked plains, where the earth, a rich, ochre clay, stretches towards a horizon that seems to shimmer with an almost liquid heat. It lies 20.4 miles west-north-west of Mission, TX (from Mission, TX: bearing 287°T), and is situated 5.1 miles west-north-west of Sullivan City. Here, mesquite trees, their branches gnarled and reaching like arthritic fingers, offer scant shade against the relentless Texas sun, their spiky leaves whispering secrets to the dry, persistent wind. The air itself carries the scent of dust and dry grass, a primal aroma that speaks of resilience and endurance, and at dusk, the sky bleeds into a bruised tapestry of purples and oranges, a fleeting, glorious spectacle before the vast, star-dusted darkness descends. The history of Rafael Pena is deeply entwined with the fertile crescent of the Rio Grande Valley, a ribbon of life that has sustained human endeavor for generations. This is a place where agriculture has long been the lifeblood, with cotton and citrus once dominating the fields, their bounty shipped north and east. Today, while some of those fields still bear their harvest, the economy of Rafael Pena has diversified, with a growing presence in cross-border trade and a burgeoning service sector, reflecting the dynamic interplay between two nations. You can still feel the echo of the vaqueros and the early settlers in the broad smiles and the easy hospitality of its people, a spirit of enduring connection to the land that defines the character of Rafael Pena.
Live animated radar for Rafael Pena 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 | Rafael Pena, Starr County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 26.301°N, 98.6409°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78582 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rafael Pena, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rafael Pena, 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 Rafael Pena includes coordinates 26.301000°N, 98.640900°W, situated in Starr County. ZIP code 78582. 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.
