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Rio Grande City, Texas Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Rio Grande City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Rio Grande City, TX
Sunday, July 5 at 4:27 AM
80
°
Clear
Feels like
86°
Humidity
78%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
1:47 AM
Sunset
3:32 PM
Rio Grande City, TX
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastRio Grande City, TX: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 78 to 101 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 78°H 101°
Rio Grande City, TX
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    101°78°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    100°78°-1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    104°78°+4°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    103°78°-1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Partly Cloudy
    103°79°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    14%
    102°78°-1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    24%
    100°80°-2°
Rio Grande City, TX
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SE
135° · steady
Direction
SE
135°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
24
mph
Peak 24h
28
avg 11
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 11 · pk 28 @ 11:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 307SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze holding from the se.
Rio Grande City, TX
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1006.8
-0.5 mb in 3h · steady · 29.73 inHg
Now
1006.8
mb
3h
-0.5
mb
12h
+0.6
mb
24h
-1.2
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10051009
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1009.41004.61006.7
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Damp, unsettled regime — wet weather lingers nearby.
Rio Grande City, TX
Air quality
24
AQI
Good
-5 in 6h

AQI 24 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 5 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 7.3 µg/m³, PM10 at 9.7 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
7.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneGood
48μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 7.3 µg/m³, PM10 at 9.7 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.75
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Rio Grande City, TX
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
11%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
37.1mi
UNLIMITED
122 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
09:27 UTC · Rio Grande City, TX · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
09:27 UTC · Rio Grande City, TX · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Rio Grande City, TX
Satellite · infrared · animated
Rio Grande City, TX
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Rio Grande City, TX
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
6:22 AM
Sunrise
1:47 AM
Daylight
13h 45m
Sunset
3:32 PM
Civil dusk
8:59 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Rio Grande City, TX
The moon
Waning Gibbous
74% illuminated
Moonrise
11:46 PM
Moonset
11:53 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Rio Grande City, TX
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Rio Grande City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 5°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: January 24 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 78582

15-Day Forecast — Rio Grande City

  1. Sun101°78°1%
  2. Mon100°78°2%
  3. Tue104°78°8%
  4. Wed103°78°5%
  5. Thu103°79°5%
  6. Fri102°78°14%
  7. Sat100°80°24%
  8. Sun97°77°18%
  9. Mon96°76°25%
  10. Tue90°77°16%
  11. Wed103°75°6%
  12. Thu102°75°10%
  13. Fri97°77°13%
  14. Sat93°75°3%
  15. Sun94°75°11%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Rio Grande City

  • 78582

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.