This is the current conditions weather report for Alamo. The report was made 38 minutes ago, at 11:33 UTC. The temperature was 75°F / 24°C, with a dew-point at 75°F / 24°C. The atmospheric pressure was 29.8 inHg / 1010 hPa. The relative humidity was 100%. The skies were partly cloudy with fog/mist.
Alamo is a city located in an irrigated area of southern Hidalgo County, Texas. Incorporated in 1924 and named for the Alamo Land and Sugar Company. Abundant vegetables, citrus and winter resort-retirement areas; also one of Valley's gateways to Mexico via U.S. 281 and Nuevo Progreso. The population was 14,760 at the 2000 census.
Location:
Alamo is located on the southern tip of Texas,
in the center of the rich Rio Grande Valley,
minutes from the Mexican border.
Austin 301 miles
Brownsville 68 miles
Harlingen 34 miles
Houston 346 miles
Laredo 164 miles
McAllen 10 miles
San Antonio 237 miles
Monterrey 162 miles
Reynosa 15 miles
Gateway to the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
Nature tourists, visiting Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, exceed 165,000 per year, with 99,000 of them here to go "birding". More than 90% stay three-to-seven nights at local motels and bed and breakfasts.
Land of Two Summers - Winter Texans
Winter Texans and other visitors total 34,000 per year. Every winter, 20,000 Winter Texans live up to eight months in Alamo. Most of them stay in recreational vehicles of in mobile homes at many Winter Texan parks. Others maintain homes in the city or at Alamo Country Club, which boasts 500 homes around a golf course, swimming pool, tennis courts and club house (club facilities are not open to the public).