Temperature
60 F at 9 PM; 77 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 54 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 60F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 77F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 54F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/New Mexico/Artesia Municipal Airport
Artesia Municipal Airport, New Mexico
Small airport in Eddy County, New Mexico* WHAT...Northeast winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * WHERE...Portions of southeast New Mexico and southwest Texas. * WHEN...Until 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds may blow around unsecured objects.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution and keep both hands on the steering wheel. Secure loose objects that could be damaged or blown away by strong winds.
58°
78°/56°
Clear·
Feels like 58°·Fresh breeze 21 mph NNE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Artesia Municipal Airport until 6 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 15 degrees cooler: a high of 63° after 78° today.
Now. Artesia Municipal Airport is 58° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northeast at 21 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 50° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 80°, and the coolest Saturday, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
36Air quality
47%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
58feels58
21mph
Today
Oct 15
7856
24mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
6350
21mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5936
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6839
16mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7547
14mph
UV 8
Tue
Oct 20
7853
10%
16mph
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
8057
29%
14mph
UV 7
58°
78°56°
63°50°
59°36°
68°39°
75°47°
78°53°
80°57°
As of 11:00 PM in Artesia Municipal Airport, New Mexico.
Air quality
The air at Artesia Municipal Airport
Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Carlsbad (NM), 35 miles off.
36Good
- Ozone36Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 37, good.
GoodModerate
- 37YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Artesia Municipal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Artesia Municipal Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ATS
- ICAO
- KATS
- IATA
- ATS
- Field elevation
- 3,541 ft
- Serves
- Artesia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ATS
- Wind now
- From 20° at 21 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 6,800 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 44° / 224° | 19 mph head, on 04 | 9 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 6,132 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | 9 mph head, on 31 | 19 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Artesia (ATS), Artesia Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 45% saturated; the humidity ran from 22% at 2 PM to 77% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 45%
- Humidity, range
- 22 to 77%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
20 mph from the north northeast at 9 PM; at its strongest 25 mph, 5 PM, with a gust of 33 mph at 5 PM.
- Now
- 20mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 25mph
- 5 PM
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 5 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.48 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.18 inHg over 3 hours; 0.46 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.48inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.18inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.46inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 700 ft at 2 AM; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 700ft
- 2 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 6
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Artesia: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Artesia Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
ArtesiaATS
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3,547 ft/6 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Caprock RAWSCPPN5
A remote fire weather station/35.8 mi away/4,183 ft/642 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Artesia 1.1 ENENM-ED-42
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/3,401 ft/140 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Artesia 6S Co-OpARTN5
At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/3,366 ft/175 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in New Mexico
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Artesia Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Artesiacity, 3 mi
- Morningsidecommunity, 4 mi
- Atokacommunity, 6 mi
- Lake Arthurtown, 12 mi
- Hopevillage, 16 mi
- Hagermantown, 20 mi
- Dextertown, 24 mi
- Loco Hillscommunity, 28 mi
- Midwaycommunity, 30 mi
- La Huertacommunity, 31 mi
- Happy Valleycommunity, 32 mi
- Carlsbadcity, 33 mi
Airports near Artesia Municipal Airport
- Roswell Air Center AirportROW, 31 mi
- Cavern City Air TerminalCNM, 38 mi
- Lea County Regional AirportHOB, 74 mi
- Sierra Blanca Regional AirportSRR, 75 mi
- Alamogordo White Sands Regional AirportALM, 89 mi
- Holloman Air Force BaseHMN, 95 mi
- Cannon Air Force BaseCVS, 125 mi
- Clovis Municipal AirportCVN, 135 mi