Richland Springs, Texas Weather
Richland Springs, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Richland Springs, San Saba County.
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About Richland Springs, Texas
Richland Springs unfurls itself across a gentle undulation of the Texas landscape, where mesquite trees, their branches like arthritic fingers, claw at the vast, often brilliant blue sky. It lies 62.4 miles west of Copperas Cove, TX (from Copperas Cove, TX: bearing 280°T), and is situated 14.3 miles west-north-west of San Saba. The earth here is a rich, ochre-tinged clay, prone to cracking in the long, dry summers and turning into a slick, tenacious mud after a rare, drenching rain. Rolling hills, more suggestions of elevation than dramatic peaks, are dotted with ranches, their fences tracing neat, determined lines across the expansive terrain. In the late afternoon, the light slants low, painting the scrubby fields in hues of honey and rose, a quiet, fleeting beauty that softens the ruggedness of the land. This is a place where the echoes of past generations are carried on the dry wind, a place that has long relied on the bounty of the land and the resilience of its people. The economy of Richland Springs has historically been tethered to ranching and agriculture, the raising of cattle and the cultivation of crops like cotton and pecans sustaining families for decades. The San Saba River, a ribbon of life through this semi-arid country, has always been a vital resource, its steady flow a murmur beneath the town's quiet existence, shaping its development and its character. Though time moves at its own deliberate pace, a certain steadfastness endures in Richland Springs, a quiet strength born of generations who have learned to read the sky and honor the earth.
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| Location | Richland Springs, San Saba County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 31.26961°N, 98.945046°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 76871 |
| Area Code | 325 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Richland Springs, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Richland Springs, 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 Richland Springs includes coordinates 31.269610°N, 98.945046°W, situated in San Saba County. ZIP code 76871. 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. 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.
