Rice Tracts, Texas Weather
Rice Tracts, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rice Tracts, Cameron County.
Full aviation weather for Rice Tracts is published on the Valley International Airport (KHRL) page, 19 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. 4 airfields within reach of Rice Tracts 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 Rice Tracts: Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport (KBRO) 26 km · Port Isabel Cameron County Airport (KPIL) 30 km · Mid Valley Airport (KTXW) 37 km
Conditions reported at KHRL describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rice Tracts specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rice Tracts.
About Rice Tracts, Texas
Rice Tracts exists as a low-lying expanse, a landscape stitched together by the gentle slope of the land towards the Gulf. It lies 10.2 miles south-south-east of Harlingen, TX (from Harlingen, TX: bearing 155°T), and is situated 5.2 miles south of San Benito. The air here carries the briny tang of distant waters, thick and humid, clinging to the sparse vegetation that bravely grips the sandy soil. Palmettos, their fronds like weathered hands, punctuate the flat terrain, their shadows stretching long and thin in the late afternoon sun, a fleeting coolness against the persistent warmth. The sky overhead is a vast, unbroken canvas, often swept with the swift, silent passage of clouds that promise – or withhold – the afternoon rain, leaving the earth a rich, dark brown where it has been recently disturbed. This stretch of Cameron County, Rice Tracts, has long been shaped by the ebb and flow of agricultural ambition and the persistent push of the Gulf coast. For generations, the land has yielded its bounty, primarily grains and cotton, though the relentless sun and the occasional salty breath from the sea have always been formidable partners in cultivation. Evidence of past endeavors can be seen in the faint outlines of old furrows, ghosts of harvests long past, and the occasional weathered barn standing sentinel against the open sky. The rhythm of life here is tied to the seasons and the demands of the land, a quiet persistence that defines the character of Rice Tracts.
Live animated radar for Rice Tracts 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 | Rice Tracts, Cameron County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 26.0573°N, 97.6261°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78586 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rice Tracts, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rice Tracts, 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 Rice Tracts includes coordinates 26.057300°N, 97.626100°W, situated in Cameron County. ZIP code 78586. 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.
