Temperature
55 F at 11 AM; 57 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 37 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 55F
- 11 AM
- Highest
- 57F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 37F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/New Mexico/Gallup Municipal Airport
Gallup Municipal Airport, New Mexico
Medium airport in McKinley County, New Mexico55°
64°/34°
Clear·
Feels like 55°·Fresh breeze 21 mph E
Now. Gallup Municipal Airport is 55° and clear at 12 PM. The dew point is 25°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the east at 21 mph, gusting to 35 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 60° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 30° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. 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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 66°, and the coolest Thursday, near 62°. Rain or snow is likely Wednesday (56%) and Thursday (77%). Rain is possible Sunday (30%) and Tuesday (42%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:39 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:50 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 18 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
7UV High
34Air quality
31%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
55feels55
21mph
UV 7
Today
Oct 16
6434
17mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6630
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6340
30%
Mon
Oct 19
6540
28%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6542
42%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6643
56%
Thu
Oct 22
6244
77%
15mph
55°
64°34°
66°30°
63°40°
65°40°
65°42°
66°43°
62°44°
As of 12:00 PM in Gallup Municipal Airport, New Mexico.
Air quality
The air at Gallup Municipal Airport
Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Chaco Culture National Historical Park (NM), 61 miles off.
34Good
- Ozone34Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 38, good.
GoodModerate
- 38YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 6 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Gallup Municipal Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.31 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.31in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Gallup Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GUP
- ICAO
- KGUP
- IATA
- GUP
- Field elevation
- 6,472 ft
- Serves
- Gallup
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- GUP
- Wind now
- From 70° at 24 mph, read 16 Oct, 11:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 7,312 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 74° / 254° | 24 mph head, on 06 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Gallup Muni/Clarke (GUP), Gallup Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 25 F, the air 31% saturated; the humidity ran from 31% at 11 AM to 89% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 25F
- 11 AM
- Humidity now
- 31%
- Humidity, range
- 31 to 89%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
22 mph from the east northeast at 11 AM; at its strongest 22 mph, 11 AM, with a gust of 37 mph at 11 AM.
- Now
- 22mph
- from the east northeast
- Strongest
- 22mph
- 11 AM
- Highest gust
- 37mph
- 11 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.65 inHg at 11 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.32 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.65inHg
- 11 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.32inHg
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 3,400 ft at 2 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 2 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 3,400ft
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 2
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
Gallup Muni/Clarke: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Gallup Municipal Airport, 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/6,470 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Zuni Buttes RAWSZNRN5
A remote fire weather station/27.1 mi away/6,683 ft/211 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
ThoreauS2233
At a soil climate station/35.1 mi away/7,065 ft/593 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
At a cooperative observer's station/2.4 mi away/6,506 ft/34 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Gallup 0.4 NNENM-MK-28
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/6,604 ft/132 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Gallup Sand And Gravel (GLPN5), 2.4 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in New Mexico
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Gallup Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Gallupcity, 3 mi
- Catalpa Canyoncommunity, 3 mi
- Gamercocommunity, 4 mi
- Crestviewcommunity, 4 mi
- Williams Acrescommunity, 5 mi
- Purty Rockcommunity, 6 mi
- White Cliffscommunity, 7 mi
- Rock Springscommunity, 7 mi
- Yah-ta-heycommunity, 8 mi
- Sundancecommunity, 9 mi
- Church Rockcommunity, 11 mi
- Manuelitocommunity, 13 mi
Airports near Gallup Municipal Airport
- Andrew Othole Memorial AirportXNI, 32 mi
- Grants-Milan Municipal AirportGNT, 55 mi
- Four Corners Regional AirportFMN, 90 mi
- Double Eagle II AirportAEG, 115 mi
- Belen Regional AirportBRG, 126 mi
- Albuquerque International SunportABQ, 127 mi
- Los Alamos AirportLAM, 144 mi
- Socorro Municipal AirportONM, 148 mi