Zapata, TX Weather

Zapata County9:44 PM CDT26.91°N, 99.27°WElevation 397 ft

Current conditions

Mostly Clear
78°
Mostly Clear
Feels like 78°
High 90° Saturday·Low 66° tonight
WindESE 10 mph gusts 20 mph
Humidity60%
Dew point63°
Cloud cover8%
Sunrise7:42 AM
Sunset7:02 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 66. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

  • Saturday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. East southeast wind 3 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

  • Saturday Night

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. East southeast wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 days ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Clear 78°
  2. 10 PM Mostly Clear 76°
  3. 11 PM Mostly Clear 74°
  4. Sat12 AM Mostly Clear 72°
  5. 1 AM Mostly Clear 71°
  6. 2 AM Mostly Clear 70°
  7. 3 AM Mostly Clear 69°
  8. 4 AM Mostly Clear 68°
  9. 5 AM Mostly Clear 67°
  10. 6 AM Sunny 66°
  11. 7 AM Sunny 67°
  12. 8 AM Sunny 69°
  13. 9 AM Sunny 73°
  14. 10 AM Sunny 77°
  15. 11 AM Sunny 80°
  16. 12 PM Sunny 84°
  17. 1 PM Mostly Sunny 86°
  18. 2 PM Mostly Sunny 88°
  19. 3 PM Mostly Sunny 89°
  20. 4 PM Mostly Sunny 89°
  21. 5 PM Mostly Sunny 88°
  22. 6 PM Partly Cloudy 86°
  23. 7 PM Mostly Cloudy 84°
  24. 8 PM Mostly Cloudy 81°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 20 Mostly Clear Mostly Clear63°
  2. WedOct 21 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny19%71°90°
  3. ThuOct 22 Slight Chance Rain Showers Slight Chance Rain Showers23%65°88°
  4. TodayOct 23 Sunny Sunny66°89°
  5. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny69°90°
  6. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny67°87°
  7. MonOct 26 Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers22%67°87°
  8. TueOct 27 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers25%84°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy64°70°
  10. ThuOct 29 Sunny Sunny57°70°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

44
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • FriGood
  • SatGood
  • SunModerate

Laredo, TX reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:42 AM
Sunset 7:02 PM
Daylight 11 h 20 min (−1 min 29 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 95% lit
Moonrise 5:19 PM Moonset 5:08 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

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Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in BRO, issued 23 hrs ago

Key Messages

Updated at 958 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

- Minimal rain chances are anticipated to continue tonight into the beginning of next week before low to medium chances of rain return Tuesday.

- Near average temperatures and patchy to widespread minor risks of heat-related illnesses (level 1/4) continue.

Discussion

Issued at 958 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

Pleasant weather expected for much of the short term as ridging builds overhead. Mostly dry conditions are expected through the weekend, with only a low (20-30%) chance of showers Saturday in the mid-upper RGV and Rio Grande Plains as a weak shortwave transits through. Moisture will be somewhat limited, keeping rainfall coverage low. Temperatures will remain seasonal, with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s and overnight lows in the 60s inland to lower 70s along the coast.

Rain chances increase again early next week as ridging shifts offshore and an upper-level trough moves eastward across central CONUS. Although the trough is expected to remain north of the region, increasing moisture and instability will support scattered showers and thunderstorms developing as early as Monday night. Low to moderate PoPs (30-50%) are expected Tuesday into Wednesday as moisture is pulled inland from the Gulf. Rain chances could persist through late next week as an upper-level disturbance could transport further deeper moisture into the region.

Aviation

(00Z TAFS) Issued at 616 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

VFR conditions prevail through the TAF cycle, but lingering coastal moisture may bring light rain and briefly lower clouds this evening as showers move out of the area, particularly at MFE. Winds become light and variable overnight, generally easterly, before increasing to around 10 kts from the southeast Friday morning.

Marine

Issued at 958 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

Gentle to moderate onshore winds and slight seas prevail into Saturday. Winds increase and seas build to moderate this weekend ahead of an approaching trough, returning adverse marine conditions. Low (10% or less) rain chances today and this weekend will increase as the trough transits eastward, increasing rain chances early next week.

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