Temperature
53 F at 8 PM; 68 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 49 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 53F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 68F
- 12 PM
- Lowest
- 49F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/New Mexico/Cannon Air Force Base
Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico
Medium airport in Curry County, New MexicoFreeze Watch, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Wind Advisory, northeast winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Curry County and Roosevelt County. * WHEN...For the Wind Advisory, until midnight MDT tonight. 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. Secure outdoor objects. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
52°
70°/51°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 52°·Strong breeze 30 mph NNE
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Cannon Air Force Base until 8 AM Saturday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 12 degrees cooler: a high of 58° after 70° today.
Now. Cannon Air Force Base is 52° and mostly clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the north-northeast at 30 mph, gusting to 40 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 43° 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 78°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 32°.
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 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
57%Humidity
18%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
52feels52
30mph
Today
Oct 15
7051
30mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
5842
25mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6232
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6937
15mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7645
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7751
13%
16mph
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7856
25%
14mph
52°
70°51°
58°42°
62°32°
69°37°
76°45°
77°51°
78°56°
As of 11:00 PM in Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cannon Air Force Base
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 Cannon Air Force Base, 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
- CVS
- ICAO
- KCVS
- IATA
- CVS
- Field elevation
- 4,295 ft
- Serves
- Clovis
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- CVS
- Wind now
- From 20° at 32 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 10,003 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 45° / 225° | 29 mph head, on 04 | 14 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 8,196 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 136° / 316° | 14 mph head, on 31 | 29 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Cannon AFB/Clovis (CVS), Cannon Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 38 F, the air 56% saturated; the humidity ran from 38% at 4 PM to 94% at 5 AM.
- Dew point now
- 38F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 56%
- Humidity, range
- 38 to 94%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
30 mph from the north northeast at 8 PM; at its strongest 33 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 47 mph at 8 PM.
- Now
- 30mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 33mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 47mph
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.42 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.12 inHg over 3 hours; 0.40 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.42inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.12inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.40inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.4 miles at 4 AM, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.4mi
- 4 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 2
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 9 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 6 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 9
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
Cannon AFB/Clovis: 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 Cannon Air Force Base, 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/4,295 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Nm Clovis 7 NCLIN5
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.3 mi away/4,301 ft/6 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Clovis 3.0 WSWNM-CR-34
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/4,289 ft/6 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PortalesPORN5
At a cooperative observer's station/13.9 mi away/4,016 ft/279 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 Cannon Air Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Cannon Air Force Base
- Clovis Municipal AirportCVN, 14 mi
- Tucumcari Municipal AirportTCC, 58 mi
- Santa Rosa Route 66 AirportSXU, 84 mi
- Roswell Air Center AirportROW, 102 mi
- Lea County Regional AirportHOB, 117 mi
- Artesia Municipal AirportATS, 125 mi
- Las Vegas Municipal AirportLVS, 135 mi
- Sierra Blanca Regional AirportSRR, 142 mi