Airports/New Mexico/Doña Ana County International Jetport
Blowing Dust Advisory, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Blowing Dust Advisory is in force for Doña Ana County International Jetport until 9 AM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Doña Ana County International Jetport is 63° and partly cloudy at 12 AM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the east-northeast at 20 mph, gusting to 32 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 55° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is hazardous (index 423): everyone should stay indoors and keep activity low.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. Rain is possible Wednesday (38%) and Thursday (41%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:33 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:52 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, 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 23 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Doña Ana County International Jetport, New Mexico.
Air quality
Index 423, hazardous, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Dona Ana County (NM), 5 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 34, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 9,550 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 111° / 291° | 13 mph head, on 10 | 11 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Santa Teresa (DNA), Doña Ana County International Jetport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
66 F at 9 PM Thursday; 77 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 55 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 37 F, the air 35% saturated; the humidity ran from 21% at 4 PM Thursday to 51% at 3 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
19 mph from the east northeast at 9 PM Thursday; at its strongest 19 mph, 8 PM Thursday, with a gust of 39 mph at 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.25 inHg at 9 PM Thursday, rising 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.19 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 7 miles at 9 PM Thursday; 7 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,000 ft at 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 1 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Santa Teresa: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Doña Ana County International Jetport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Santa TeresaDNA
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/4,098 ft/14 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
A remote fire weather station/31.3 mi away/5,850 ft/1,738 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Santa Teresa AirportEPZN5
At an airfield/0.7 mi away/4,098 ft/14 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Santa Teresa 3.3 NWNM-DA-421
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/3,865 ft/247 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Santa Teresa Airport (EPZN5), 0.7 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.