Sierra Blanca, Texas Weather
Sierra Blanca, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sierra Blanca, Hudspeth County.
Full aviation weather for Sierra Blanca is published on the Culberson County Airport (KVHN) page, 56 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KVHN describe the airfield itself. Weather 56 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sierra Blanca specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sierra Blanca.
About Sierra Blanca, Texas
Sierra Blanca rises from the arid expanse, a stark silhouette against the vast Texan sky. It lies 64.9 miles east-south-east of Socorro, TX (from Socorro, TX: bearing 120°T), and is situated 32.5 miles west-north-west of Van Horn. The land here is a study in weathered resilience, a kingdom of sun-baked earth and scrubby mesquite that stretches to a horizon blurred by heat haze. Jagged peaks, the namesake "white mountains," stand sentinel, their slopes etched by wind and time into a topography of austere beauty, a place where the silence itself seems to hum with an ancient, elemental energy. The air carries the dry, clean scent of dust and distant rain, a fragrance that speaks of endurance and the slow, deliberate pulse of the desert. The history of Sierra Blanca is as much about the passage of journeys as it is about permanence, a crossroads that has seen conquistadors, prospectors, and the relentless march of progress. Once a vital stop along the railroad, it pulsed with the energy of a frontier town, its economy once fueled by the grit and hope of those seeking fortune in the surrounding hills. Today, the echoes of that past are carried in the quiet hum of the highway that now bypasses the heart of Sierra Blanca, a place where the rhythm of life is dictated by the sun’s arc and the enduring spirit of its people, who maintain a quiet dignity amidst the grandeur of the desert landscape.
Live animated radar for Sierra Blanca 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 | Sierra Blanca, Hudspeth County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 31.174573°N, 105.357176°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 79851 |
| Area Code | 915 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sierra Blanca, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sierra Blanca, 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 Sierra Blanca includes coordinates 31.174573°N, 105.357176°W, situated in Hudspeth County. ZIP code 79851. Telephone area code: 915. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
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.
