Santa Monica, Texas Weather
Santa Monica, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Santa Monica, Willacy County.
Full aviation weather for Santa Monica is published on the Valley International Airport (KHRL) 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. 5 airfields within reach of Santa Monica 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 Monica: Port Isabel Cameron County Airport (KPIL) 32 km · Mid Valley Airport (KTXW) 44 km · Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport (KBRO) 53 km · South Texas International at Edinburg Airport (KEBG) 54 km
Conditions reported at KHRL describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Santa Monica specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Santa Monica.
About Santa Monica, Texas
Santa Monica, Texas, unfolds under a vast, often searing sky, a low-lying landscape where the land seems to sigh rather than rise. It lies 13.7 miles north-north-east of Harlingen, TX (from Harlingen, TX: bearing 30°T), and is situated 8.8 miles north of Rio Hondo. The terrain here is flat, a testament to the ancient, sedimentary forces that laid down this part of the Gulf Coast plain, and the dominant hues are the muted greens of scrub brush and the pale, sun-bleached tones of dry grasses. The air, especially as the afternoon wanes, carries a faint, salty tang from the distant Laguna Madre, a whisper of the sea that shapes the very breath of Santa Monica. The roads, straight and purposeful, cut through this openness, leading toward the scattered clusters of homes and businesses that constitute the settlement, each one a small bastion against the immense, indifferent sky. The history of Santa Monica is inextricably tied to the ebb and flow of the coast and its resources, a story whispered in the wind and etched into the weathered faces of its inhabitants. For generations, the local economy has been a delicate dance between the bounty of the sea and the fertile, if sometimes unforgiving, soil. Fishing fleets, their nets mended with practiced hands, bring in their hauls, a tradition that has sustained families and shaped the communal rhythm of Santa Monica. Beyond the immediate coastal industries, the land itself yields, supporting agriculture that thrives in the subtropical climate, a quiet persistence that mirrors the enduring spirit of the people who call this place home. The occasional bloom of bougainvillea, a vibrant splash of defiant color against the dusty earth, serves as a gentle reminder of the tenacious beauty that can flourish even in the most austere of settings.
Live animated radar for Santa Monica 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 Monica, Willacy County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 26.362293°N, 97.58582°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78569 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Santa Monica, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Santa Monica, 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 Monica includes coordinates 26.362293°N, 97.585820°W, situated in Willacy County. ZIP code 78569. 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.
