Santa Maria, Texas Weather
Santa Maria, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Santa Maria, Cameron County.
Full aviation weather for Santa Maria is published on the Mid Valley Airport (KTXW) page, 16 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 Santa Maria 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 Maria: Valley International Airport (KHRL) 26 km · McAllen Miller International Airport (KMFE) 40 km · Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport (KBRO) 46 km · South Texas International at Edinburg Airport (KEBG) 49 km · Port Isabel Cameron County Airport (KPIL) 51 km
Conditions reported at KTXW describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Santa Maria specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Santa Maria, Texas
Santa Maria breathes the low, humid air of the Rio Grande Valley, a place where the land is mostly flat, a forgiving canvas for the sun to paint its golden hues. It lies 10.4 miles east-south-east of Weslaco, TX (from Weslaco, TX: bearing 122°T), and is situated 6.3 miles south-east of Mercedes. Sparse mesquite trees, their branches gnarled like old hands, punctuate the landscape, offering scant shade against the persistent warmth, and the occasional patch of wild grasses, bleached to a pale straw by the season, whispers of the wind’s ceaseless passage. The sky here is an enormous, boundless blue, often streaked with cottony clouds that drift with a languid, unhurried grace, and the light, especially in the late afternoon, has a peculiar softness, a diffused luminescence that seems to saturate the very dust motes dancing in the air, making the ordinary shimmer with an unexpected, quiet beauty. The history of Santa Maria is tied to the fertile earth, a legacy of agriculture that has shaped its identity and sustained its people for generations. For decades, the rhythm of life here pulsed with the planting and harvesting of crops, a dependence on the generous, if sometimes capricious, bounty of the land that fostered a hardy, independent spirit. While the agricultural roots remain deep, the economic landscape has broadened, with small businesses and services catering to the needs of the surrounding communities. There are no grand monuments or bustling tourist attractions in Santa Maria; its distinction lies in its unassuming persistence, the quiet dignity of a place that has weathered the seasons, both literal and metaphorical, and continues to find its sustenance in the enduring strength of its people and the honest work of their hands.
Live animated radar for Santa Maria 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 | Santa Maria, Cameron County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 26.078688°N, 97.849442°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78592 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Santa Maria, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Santa Maria, 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 Maria includes coordinates 26.078688°N, 97.849442°W, situated in Cameron County. ZIP code 78592. 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.
