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Boquillas, Texas
Village
Boquillas in Big Bend
Boquillas in Big Bend
Nickname(s): 
Rio Grande Village
Boquillas, Texas is located in Texas
Boquillas, Texas
Boquillas, Texas
Location in Texas
Boquillas, Texas is located in the United States
Boquillas, Texas
Boquillas, Texas
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Texas
County Brewster
Elevation
1,844 ft (562 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
79834
Area code 432
GNIS feature ID 2034469

Boquillas was a small settlement in Texas, United States, located on the northern banks of the Rio Grande. It was located within Brewster County, five miles (8 km) northeast of San Vicente. The place existed to service the mining operations at Boquillas del Carmen, Mexico, just across the Rio Grande.

Between 1901 and 1936, María G. Sada ran "Chata's Place", the only store and restaurant in the Boquillas area at that time.

Boquillas is now in Big Bend National Park. It is now usually known as Rio Grande Village, and consists of a ranger station and other buildings to serve visitors to the park.

The Rio Grande border crossing to Boquillas del Carmen was closed in 2002. On January 7, 2011, the U.S. National Park Service announced plans to reopen the crossing. After multiple delays, the unmanned border station was finally opened on April 11, 2013.

Geographic points of interest

Rio Grande Village Overlook 1
Overlook of Rio Grande Village in Big Bend National Park, Texas.

Climate

The Köppen climate classification system categorizes Boquillas as a semiarid climate .

Climate data for Boquillas (Rio Grande Village), Texas, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1910–present
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 92
(33)
100
(38)
105
(41)
112
(44)
116
(47)
119
(48)
116
(47)
116
(47)
115
(46)
106
(41)
99
(37)
94
(34)
119
(48)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 86.4
(30.2)
92.3
(33.5)
98.2
(36.8)
104.8
(40.4)
110.2
(43.4)
112.9
(44.9)
110.8
(43.8)
109.1
(42.8)
105.8
(41.0)
101.6
(38.7)
92.3
(33.5)
84.8
(29.3)
113.7
(45.4)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 70.2
(21.2)
75.9
(24.4)
84.5
(29.2)
92.8
(33.8)
100.1
(37.8)
104.8
(40.4)
102.8
(39.3)
101.6
(38.7)
96.8
(36.0)
89.3
(31.8)
77.9
(25.5)
69.8
(21.0)
88.9
(31.6)
Daily mean °F (°C) 49.9
(9.9)
56.0
(13.3)
64.6
(18.1)
72.5
(22.5)
81.8
(27.7)
88.4
(31.3)
87.4
(30.8)
86.4
(30.2)
81.1
(27.3)
71.6
(22.0)
59.3
(15.2)
50.5
(10.3)
70.8
(21.5)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 29.6
(−1.3)
36.1
(2.3)
44.7
(7.1)
52.1
(11.2)
63.4
(17.4)
71.9
(22.2)
72.0
(22.2)
71.2
(21.8)
65.5
(18.6)
54.0
(12.2)
40.6
(4.8)
31.1
(−0.5)
52.7
(11.5)
Mean minimum °F (°C) 19.5
(−6.9)
23.2
(−4.9)
29.8
(−1.2)
38.3
(3.5)
49.5
(9.7)
63.3
(17.4)
67.0
(19.4)
65.6
(18.7)
53.6
(12.0)
37.5
(3.1)
26.7
(−2.9)
19.2
(−7.1)
16.1
(−8.8)
Record low °F (°C) 7
(−14)
4
(−16)
14
(−10)
29
(−2)
41
(5)
55
(13)
57
(14)
60
(16)
40
(4)
24
(−4)
16
(−9)
4
(−16)
4
(−16)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 0.41
(10)
0.41
(10)
0.27
(6.9)
0.35
(8.9)
1.04
(26)
1.32
(34)
1.45
(37)
0.86
(22)
0.67
(17)
0.95
(24)
0.65
(17)
0.30
(7.6)
8.68
(220.4)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.8 4.1 4.8 5.7 4.8 3.0 3.8 2.7 2.1 39.0
Source 1: NOAA
Source 2: NWS/XMACIS2(2007–present)(1910–2006)

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