Temperature
63 F at 8 PM; 74 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 53 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 63F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 74F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 53F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/New Mexico/Las Cruces International Airport
Las Cruces International Airport, New Mexico
Medium airport in Doña Ana County, New MexicoWind Advisory, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Wind Advisory, northeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. For the Blowing Dust Advisory, visibility between one-quarter and one mile in blowing dust possible. * WHERE...Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley and West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands Counties. * WHEN...For the Wind Advisory, until noon MDT Friday. For the Blowing Dust Advisory, until 9 AM MDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility. Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Persons with respiratory problems should make preparations to stay indoors until the storm passes. Be ready for a sudden drop in visibility to near zero. If you encounter blowing dust or blowing sand on the roadway or see it approaching, pull off the road as far as possible and put your vehicle in park. Turn the lights all the way off and keep foot off the brake pedal. Remember, 'Pull Aside, Stay Alive'. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
62°
75°/52°
Clear·
Feels like 62°·Light air 3 mph E
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Las Cruces International Airport until 12 PM tomorrow. 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 9 degrees cooler: a high of 66° after 75° today.
Now. Las Cruces International Airport is 62° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 48° 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 Tuesday, near 78°, and the coolest Saturday, near 61°. Rain is possible Tuesday (36%) and Wednesday (34%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:58 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 25 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
28%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
62feels62
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
7552
17mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
6648
20mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
6141
14mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6742
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7450
11%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7855
36%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7856
34%
UV 6
62°
75°52°
66°48°
61°41°
67°42°
74°50°
78°55°
78°56°
As of 8:00 PM in Las Cruces International Airport, New Mexico.
Air quality
The air at Las Cruces International Airport
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Las Cruces (NM), 8 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-
- Ozone31Good30 ppb9.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-17.1 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 31, good.
GoodModerate
- 31YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 12 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Las Cruces International Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 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 Las Cruces International Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LRU
- ICAO
- KLRU
- IATA
- LRU
- Field elevation
- 4,456 ft
- Serves
- Las Cruces
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- LRU
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 20:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 7,501 ft | 105 ft | Asphalt | 55° / 235° | Calm | Calm |
| 08 / 26 | 6,069 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | Calm | Calm |
| 12 / 30 | 7,506 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Las Cruces INTL (LRU), Las Cruces International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 29 F, the air 28% saturated; the humidity ran from 21% at 5 PM to 42% at 7 AM.
- Dew point now
- 29F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 28%
- Humidity, range
- 21 to 42%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 8 PM; at its strongest 20 mph, 9 AM, with a gust of 26 mph at 9 AM.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 20mph
- 9 AM
- Highest gust
- 26mph
- 9 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.23 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.18 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.23inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.18inHg
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
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
Las Cruces INTL: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Las Cruces International 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 now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/4,455 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
A remote fire weather station/19.7 mi away/5,850 ft/1,394 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Jornada Exp RangeS2168
At a soil climate station/22.5 mi away/4,360 ft/96 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Las Cruces 20 N03074
At a climate reference station/24.6 mi away/4,327 ft/129 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Mesilla 5.7 WNWNM-DA-356
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/4,226 ft/230 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
State UniversitySTCN5
On a college campus/10.1 mi away/3,944 ft/512 ft below 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 State University (STCN5), 10.1 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:30. measured daily
Elsewhere in New Mexico
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Las Cruces International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Picacho Hillscommunity, 3 mi
- Fairacrescommunity, 5 mi
- Mesillatown, 8 mi
- San Ysidrocommunity, 8 mi
- San Pablocommunity, 9 mi
- Doña Anacommunity, 9 mi
- Las Crucescity, 10 mi
- Tortugascommunity, 10 mi
- University Parkcommunity, 10 mi
- Radium Springscommunity, 13 mi
- San Miguelcommunity, 15 mi
- Mesquitecommunity, 16 mi
Airports near Las Cruces International Airport
- Doña Ana County International JetportDNA, 31 mi
- Deming Municipal AirportDMN, 47 mi
- Holloman Air Force BaseHMN, 61 mi
- Alamogordo White Sands Regional AirportALM, 66 mi
- Truth or Consequences Municipal AirportTCS, 69 mi
- Grant County AirportSVC, 76 mi
- Lordsburg Municipal AirportLSB, 103 mi
- Sierra Blanca Regional AirportSRR, 114 mi