South Fork Estates, Texas Weather
South Fork Estates, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for South Fork Estates, Jim Hogg County.
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About South Fork Estates, Texas
South Fork Estates emerges from the south Texas scrubland like a whisper of forgotten dreams, a place where the sun bakes the earth into a hard, reddish clay and the mesquite trees claw at the vast, indifferent sky. It lies 51.8 miles east-south-east of Laredo, TX (from Laredo, TX: bearing 108°T), and is situated 3.1 miles south-south-west of Hebbronville. The land here is a study in muted greens and browns, a palette painted by drought and resilience, punctuated by the occasional flash of a cardinal's wing or the shimmer of heat rising from the flat terrain. Wide, dusty roads, more suggestion than pavement, wind between sparse homesteads, each one a small island in an ocean of prickly pear and thorny brush. The air itself carries a dry, mineral scent, a constant reminder of the arid embrace that defines this corner of the world. The history of South Fork Estates is as deeply etched into the landscape as the dry creek beds that scar its surface, a story of pioneers drawn by the promise of land and the slow, arduous work of taming it. Ranching has long been the lifeblood, the rhythm of cattle drives and weathered fences dictating the slow pulse of the region. Even now, the economy leans on the land, with oil and gas exploration adding a modern, if sometimes disruptive, layer to the age-old pursuit of sustenance. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling centers of commerce, just the quiet endurance of a people who understand the unvarnished truth of this place – that survival often depends on a deep connection to the earth and a stubborn refusal to be erased by the vastness around them.
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| Location | South Fork Estates, Jim Hogg County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 27.269485°N, 98.70613°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78361 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This South Fork Estates, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for South Fork Estates, Texas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 South Fork Estates includes coordinates 27.269485°N, 98.706130°W, situated in Jim Hogg County. ZIP code 78361. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
