Temperature
50 F at 9 PM; 61 F at its warmest, 5 PM, and 38 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 50F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 61F
- 5 PM
- Lowest
- 38F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/New Mexico/Los Alamos Airport
Los Alamos Airport, New Mexico
Small airport in Los Alamos County, New Mexico48°
60°/37°
Clear·
Feels like 42°·Moderate breeze 15 mph N
Now. Los Alamos Airport is 48° and clear at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 26°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 15 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 37° 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 Monday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is likely Wednesday (63%). Rain is possible Tuesday (49%). Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 35°.
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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
42%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
48feels42
15mph
Today
Oct 15
6037
18mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
5737
18mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6035
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6041
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6345
11%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6348
49%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6349
63%
48°
60°37°
57°37°
60°35°
60°41°
63°45°
63°48°
63°49°
As of 11:00 PM in Los Alamos Airport, New Mexico.
Air quality
The air at Los Alamos Airport
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Santa Fe (NM), 21 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good20.9 mi
- Ozone32Good31 ppb20.9 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Los Alamos 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 Los Alamos 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
- LAM
- ICAO
- KLAM
- IATA
- LAM
- Field elevation
- 7,171 ft
- Serves
- Los Alamos
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LAM
- Wind now
- From 350° at 16 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 6,000 ft | 120 ft | Asphalt | 102° / 282° | 6 mph head, on 27 | 15 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Los Alamos (LAM), Los Alamos Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 26 F, the air 40% saturated; the humidity ran from 28% at 4 PM to 75% at 6 AM.
- Dew point now
- 26F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 40%
- Humidity, range
- 28 to 75%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
19 mph from the north at 9 PM; at its strongest 19 mph, 9 PM, with a gust of 32 mph at 11 AM.
- Now
- 19mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 19mph
- 9 PM
- Highest gust
- 32mph
- 11 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.49 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.31 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.49inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.31inHg
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 7,000 ft at 7 PM; a base was reported in 2 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 7,000ft
- 7 PM
- 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
Los Alamos: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Los Alamos 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 now5 instruments
Los AlamosLAM
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/7,149 ft/22 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
NM 502 at Los Alamos Main HillNM014
Beside a road/1.4 mi away/6,896 ft/275 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Nm Santa Fe 20 WNWNFEN5
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.7 mi away/7,244 ft/73 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Los Alamos 13 W03062
At a climate reference station/14.2 mi away/8,716 ft/1,545 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
AlcaldeS2172
At a soil climate station/18.8 mi away/5,693 ft/1,478 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Los Alamos 0.5 SSENM-LA-35
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/7,196 ft/25 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Los AlamosLOAN5
At a cooperative observer's station/2.8 mi away/7,365 ft/194 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 Los Alamos (LOAN5), 2.8 miles from here, read 7 Oct, 06:30. measured daily
Elsewhere in New Mexico
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Los Alamos Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Los Alamostown, 2 mi
- White Rockcommunity, 6 mi
- San Ildefonso Pueblocommunity, 8 mi
- El Ranchocommunity, 10 mi
- Jaconitacommunity, 12 mi
- La Mesillacommunity, 12 mi
- Santa Clara Pueblocommunity, 12 mi
- Jaconacommunity, 13 mi
- Españolacity, 14 mi
- Pojoaquecommunity, 14 mi
- Cuyamunguecommunity, 14 mi
- San Josecommunity, 15 mi
Airports near Los Alamos Airport
- Santa Fe Municipal AirportSAF, 21 mi
- Taos Regional AirportSKX, 52 mi
- Double Eagle II AirportAEG, 59 mi
- Albuquerque International SunportABQ, 61 mi
- Moriarty Municipal Airport0E0, 64 mi
- Las Vegas Municipal AirportLVS, 65 mi
- Angel Fire AirportAXX, 66 mi
- Questa Municipal Nr 2 AirportN24, 74 mi