Staples, Texas Weather
Staples, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Staples, Guadalupe County.
Full aviation weather for Staples is published on the San Marcos Regional Airport (KHYI) page, 13 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 Staples 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 Staples: Lockhart Municipal Airport (K50R) 18 km · New Braunfels National Airport (KBAZ) 22 km · Randolph Air Force Base Auxiliary Airport (KSEQ) 25 km · Austin Bergstrom International Airport (KAUS) 49 km · Randolph Air Force Base (KRND) 51 km
Conditions reported at KHYI describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Staples specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Staples.
About Staples, Texas
Staples unfolds across a landscape of gentle, rolling terrain, where the sun, a persistent presence, bleaches the muted greens of mesquite and hardy grasses to a pale gold by late afternoon. It lies 9.5 miles south-east of San Marcos, TX (from San Marcos, TX: bearing 138°T), and is situated 4.9 miles east-south-east of Redwood. The air, often thick with the scent of dry earth and the distant whisper of livestock, carries a quiet stillness that seems to absorb all but the most insistent sounds. Here, the sky is a vast, unbroken canvas, stretching from horizon to horizon, a constant reminder of the immense, open country that enfolds this small settlement. The very character of Staples is etched in the weathered wood of its few buildings, the stoic resilience of the land, and the slow, deliberate way time seems to pass under that immense Texas sky. The history of Staples is woven into the fabric of agricultural endeavors, particularly cattle ranching and farming, that have sustained its people for generations. This particular corner of Guadalupe County, characterized by its fertile bottomlands and higher, drier pastures, has always been shaped by the rhythms of the land and the cycles of planting and harvest. While not a bustling metropolis, Staples has quietly served its rural community, its economy tied to the enduring legacy of the land. A distinctive quietude pervades daily life, a stark contrast to the clamor of larger cities, allowing the subtle beauty of the Texas twilight, when the western sky ignites in hues of rose and bruised purple, to truly take hold.
Live animated radar for Staples 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 | Staples, Guadalupe County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29.781335°N, 97.836114°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78670, 78638 |
| Area Code | 512, 737 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Staples, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Staples, 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 Staples includes coordinates 29.781335°N, 97.836114°W, situated in Guadalupe County. ZIP code 78670, 78638. Telephone area code: 512, 737. 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.
