Red Rock, Texas Weather
Red Rock, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Red Rock, Bastrop County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Red Rock. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Red Rock is published on the Lockhart Municipal Airport (K50R) 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. 6 airfields within reach of Red 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 Red Rock: Smithville Crawford Municipal Airport (K84R) 28 km · Austin Bergstrom International Airport (KAUS) 34 km · San Marcos Regional Airport (KHYI) 41 km · Austin Executive Airport (KEDC) 50 km · Giddings-Lee County Airport (KGYB) 51 km
Conditions reported at K50R describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Red Rock specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Red Rock.
About Red Rock, Texas
Red Rock rises from the rolling hills of Central Texas like a weathered hand, its landscape a study in patient geological change. It lies 25.9 miles east of Kyle, TX (from Kyle, TX: bearing 94°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south-south-east of Cedar Creek. The land here is a mosaic of dense stands of post oak and blackjack trees, their gnarled branches reaching towards a sky that often burns a brilliant, unapologetic blue. Beneath this canopy, the soil, a rich, deep red that gives the locality its name, crumbles underfoot, hinting at the ancient clays and iron oxides that formed it. Narrow, winding creeks, often dry in the long, hot summers but swollen and boisterous after a Texas downpour, carve their way through the terrain, their banks lined with ferns and the occasional flash of cardinal red. The air itself carries a faint, dry sweetness, a blend of sun-baked earth and the resinous scent of pine. The history of Red Rock is as deeply rooted as its namesake soil, a story of resilience and adaptation woven with the threads of early settlers and the enduring spirit of agricultural endeavor. For generations, this land has yielded its bounty, primarily through cattle ranching and a determined cultivation of cotton and corn, the rhythms of planting and harvest dictating life. While the broader economic landscape of Bastrop County has diversified, the quiet hum of the agricultural past still resonates in the dusty fields and the weathered barns. A distinctive character has emerged from this history, a grounded pragmatism evident in the unpretentious homes and the steady, unhurried pace of daily life in Red Rock, a place where neighbors still know each other's names and the simple act of sharing a porch swing at dusk can feel like a profound connection.
Live animated radar for Red 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 | Red Rock, Bastrop County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29.959666°N, 97.446106°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78662 |
| Area Code | 512, 737 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Red Rock, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Red 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 Red Rock includes coordinates 29.959666°N, 97.446106°W, situated in Bastrop County. ZIP code 78662. Telephone area code: 512, 737. 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.
