Temperature
49 F at 6 PM; 60 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 46 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 49F
- 6 PM
- Highest
- 60F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 46F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/New Mexico/Clayton Municipal Airpark
Clayton Municipal Airpark, New Mexico
Small airport in Union County, New MexicoFreeze Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Wind Advisory, north winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 expected. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 24 possible. * WHERE...Far Northeast Highlands and Union County. * WHEN...For the Wind Advisory, until midnight MDT tonight. For the Freeze Warning, from 3 AM to 9 AM MDT Friday. For the Freeze Watch, from late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs may be blown down. Expect strong crosswinds on area roadways. Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
49°
61°/46°
Overcast·
Feels like 41°·Strong breeze 26 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Clayton Municipal Airpark until 9 AM tomorrow. 2 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Clayton Municipal Airpark is 49° and overcast at 7 PM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the north at 26 mph, gusting to 39 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 36° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 28°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 9:29 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
63%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
7:00 PM
49feels41
26mph
Today
Oct 15
6146
36mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
5436
24mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6528
18mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7040
22mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7346
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7549
20mph
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7453
25%
20mph
49°
61°46°
54°36°
65°28°
70°40°
73°46°
75°49°
74°53°
As of 7:00 PM in Clayton Municipal Airpark, New Mexico.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Clayton Municipal Airpark
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 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 Clayton Municipal Airpark, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- CAO
- ICAO
- KCAO
- IATA
- CAO
- Field elevation
- 4,965 ft
- Serves
- Clayton
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- CAO
- Wind now
- From 360° at 23 mph, read 15 Oct, 18:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 6,307 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 31° / 211° | 20 mph head, on 02 | 12 mph from the left |
| 12 / 30 | 4,105 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 132° / 312° | 15 mph head, on 30 | 17 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Clayton (CAO), Clayton Municipal Airpark's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 37 F, the air 63% saturated; the humidity ran from 41% at 1 PM to 100% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 37F
- 6 PM
- Humidity now
- 63%
- Humidity, range
- 41 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
24 mph from the north at 7 PM; at its strongest 31 mph, 2 PM, with a gust of 46 mph at 1 PM.
- Now
- 24mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 31mph
- 2 PM
- Highest gust
- 46mph
- 1 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.50 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.46 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.50inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.46inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 3 AM, under a mile for 3 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 3 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 3
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 11 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 11 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.02 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 8 PM Wednesday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 8 PM Wednesday
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Clayton: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Clayton Municipal Airpark, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
ClaytonCAO
At an airfield/0.7 mi away/4,970 ft/5 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Clayton 0.6 NNENM-UN-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/5,067 ft/102 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Grenville 20MI.SwPSMN5
At a cooperative observer's station/33.1 mi away/5,719 ft/754 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Grenville 20MI.Sw (PSMN5), 33.1 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in New Mexico
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Clayton Municipal Airpark
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Clayton Municipal Airpark
- Raton Municipal Airport / Crews FieldRTN, 77 mi
- Tucumcari Municipal AirportTCC, 91 mi
- Angel Fire AirportAXX, 118 mi
- Las Vegas Municipal AirportLVS, 123 mi
- Santa Rosa Route 66 AirportSXU, 133 mi
- Questa Municipal Nr 2 AirportN24, 137 mi
- Taos Regional AirportSKX, 140 mi
- Clovis Municipal AirportCVN, 140 mi