Alton, TX Weather Forecast
Hidalgo County, Texas
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Alton, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Alton, TX at a glance
Alton is home to about 21,130 people in Hidalgo County, across 7.5 square miles. It ranks 145th by population of 536 places in Texas with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Palmhurst, 2 miles away.
- County
- Hidalgo County
- Population
- 21,130 2023 est.
- Land area
- 7.5 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,814
- Forecast point
- 26.2878°N, 98.3090°W
How well can the network see Alton?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBRO (Brownsville, TX), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 4,700 ft above Alton. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Alton can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KMFE (McAllen/Miller Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Alton
- Palmhurst, TX2 mi
- McAllen, TX6 mi
- Mission, TX6 mi
- Palmview, TX6 mi
- Penitas, TX8 mi
- Edinburg, TX9 mi
- La Joya, TX11 mi
- Pharr, TX11 mi
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