Santa Elena, Texas Weather
Santa Elena, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Santa Elena, Starr County.
Full aviation weather for Santa Elena is published on the South Texas International at Edinburg Airport (KEBG) page, 51 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. 2 airfields within reach of Santa Elena 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 Santa Elena: Rio Grande City Municipal Airport (K67R) 52 km
Conditions reported at KEBG describe the airfield itself. Weather 51 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Santa Elena specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Santa Elena.
About Santa Elena, Texas
Santa Elena lies under a sky that stretches wide and pale, a canvas for the slow, deliberate arc of the sun. It lies 37.4 miles north-north-west of Edinburg, TX (from Edinburg, TX: bearing 328°T), and is situated 26.4 miles west-north-west of Linn. The land itself is a study in muted earth tones, a tapestry of dry grasses and scrub oak that clings tenaciously to the gently rolling terrain. Heat shimmers off the baked soil in the long afternoons, a visible breath rising from the sun-warmed ground, and the air, when it moves at all, carries the faint, dry scent of dust and distant mesquite. Across the landscape, a scattering of low, resilient homes and sturdy businesses, their paint weathered by the relentless sun, mark the human presence in this quiet expanse. The history of Santa Elena is written in the enduring spirit of its people and the fertile soil that has sustained them. For generations, this place has been shaped by the rhythms of agriculture, particularly the cultivation of cotton and sorghum, crops that draw their lifeblood from the capricious generosity of the sky and the deep, dark earth. The Rio Grande, a vital artery of life, flows not far from Santa Elena, its presence a constant reminder of the region's deep connection to water and the enduring legacy of its Spanish colonial past. Local traditions, passed down through families, speak of a strong sense of community, a quiet resilience forged in shared labor and the enduring beauty of the South Texas brush country.
Live animated radar for Santa Elena 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 | Santa Elena, Starr County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 26.760054°N, 98.486406°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78591, 78582 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Santa Elena, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Santa Elena, 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 Santa Elena includes coordinates 26.760054°N, 98.486406°W, situated in Starr County. ZIP code 78591, 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.
