Rio Frio, Texas Weather
Rio Frio, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rio Frio, Real County.
Full aviation weather for Rio Frio is published on the Real County Airport (K49R) page, 12 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 Rio Frio 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 Rio Frio: Garner Field (KUVA) 47 km · Edwards County Airport (KECU) 54 km
Conditions reported at K49R describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rio Frio specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rio Frio.
About Rio Frio, Texas
Rio Frio rests where the Hill Country begins to shed its manicured appearance, giving way to wilder, more rugged expanses. It lies 72.3 miles east-north-east of Del Rio, TX (from Del Rio, TX: bearing 75°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-south-east of Leakey. The land here is a study in contrasts: limestone bluffs, worn smooth by millennia of wind and rain, rise abruptly from valleys carved by persistent watercourses. Cypress trees, their gnarled roots clinging tenaciously to the banks, cast deep shadows over the clear, cool waters of the Frio River, the very lifeblood of this region. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, dry scent of mesquite and sun-baked earth, a perfume unique to this arid plateau, and the silence is often punctuated by the distant bleating of sheep or the sharp cry of a hawk circling overhead. The history of Rio Frio is inextricably tied to the Frio River itself, a vital artery for both early settlers and the indigenous peoples who predated them. Ranching has long been the dominant economic force, with vast tracts of land dedicated to raising cattle and the aforementioned sheep, their wool a quiet contributor to the wider world's textile needs. While the modern economy sees a growing influx of tourism drawn by the river's recreational allure – fishing, swimming, and the simple act of escaping to a place where time seems to stretch and slow – the enduring character of Rio Frio remains that of a working landscape, shaped by the hands of those who have coaxed a living from its sometimes unforgiving terrain. The old stone fences, pieced together with painstaking effort, stand as silent witnesses to generations of resilience and a deep, abiding connection to this particular corner of Texas.
Live animated radar for Rio Frio 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 | Rio Frio, Real County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29.63606°N, 99.736723°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78879 |
| Area Code | 512, 830 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rio Frio, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rio Frio, 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 Rio Frio includes coordinates 29.636060°N, 99.736723°W, situated in Real County. ZIP code 78879. Telephone area code: 512, 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.
