Temperature
63 F at 8 PM; 71 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 47 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 63F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 71F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 47F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/New Mexico/Socorro Municipal Airport
Socorro Municipal Airport, New Mexico
Small airport in Socorro County, New MexicoHigh Wind Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the High Wind Warning, east winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Lower Rio Grande Valley and Upper Tularosa Valley. * WHEN...For the High Wind Warning, until 9 AM MDT this morning. For the Freeze Watch, from late tonight through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The strongest wind gusts will be at and below canyon openings along the central mountain chain.
Take action to secure trash cans, lawn furniture, and other loose or lightweight outdoor objects. Extremely hazardous driving conditions can be expected, especially for motorists in high profile vehicles who should consider delaying travel. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
55°
64°/43°
Clear·
Feels like 55°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NNE
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Socorro Municipal Airport 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. Socorro Municipal Airport is 55° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 64° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° 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 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 76): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 63°. Rain is possible Wednesday (45%) and Thursday (49%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:47 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
76Air quality
38%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
55feels55
15mph
Today
Oct 16
6443
21mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
6336
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6743
14mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7348
12mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7452
26%
16mph
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7354
45%
14mph
Thu
Oct 22
7254
49%
14mph
UV 6
55°
64°43°
63°36°
67°43°
73°48°
74°52°
73°54°
72°54°
As of 12:00 AM in Socorro Municipal Airport, New Mexico.
Air quality
The air at Socorro Municipal Airport
Index 76, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Albuquerque (NM), 75 miles off.
76Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good-
- Ozone32Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)76Moderate-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Socorro Municipal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Socorro Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ONM
- ICAO
- KONM
- IATA
- ONM
- Field elevation
- 4,875 ft
- Serves
- Socorro
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ONM
- Wind now
- From 50° at 12 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 4,590 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 73° / 253° | 11 mph head, on 06 | 5 mph from the left |
| 15 / 33 | 5,841 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 162° / 342° | 4 mph head, on 33 | 11 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Socorro (ONM), Socorro Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 33 F, the air 32% saturated; the humidity ran from 22% at 5 PM to 60% at 7 AM.
- Dew point now
- 33F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 32%
- Humidity, range
- 22 to 60%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
18 mph from the east at 8 PM; at its strongest 18 mph, 8 PM, with a gust of 30 mph at 8 PM.
- Now
- 18mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 8 PM
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.37 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.12 inHg over 3 hours; 0.27 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.37inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.12inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.27inHg
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
Socorro: 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 Socorro Municipal 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
SocorroONM
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/4,875 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Socorro 20 N03048
At a climate reference station/22.7 mi away/4,847 ft/28 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Nm Socorro 20 NSVLN5
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.0 mi away/4,829 ft/46 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
SevilletaS2171
At a soil climate station/26.2 mi away/5,233 ft/358 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Socorro 0.4 SNM-SC-39
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/4,690 ft/185 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SocorroSCRN5
At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/4,599 ft/276 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 Socorro Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Luis Lopezcommunity, 2 mi
- Socorrocity, 3 mi
- Escondidacommunity, 5 mi
- San Antoniocommunity, 8 mi
- San Antonitocommunity, 9 mi
- Lemitarcommunity, 9 mi
- Polvaderacommunity, 12 mi
- Chamizalcommunity, 13 mi
- Alamillocommunity, 16 mi
- San Acaciacommunity, 16 mi
- Magdalenavillage, 20 mi
- La Joyacommunity, 22 mi
Airports near Socorro Municipal Airport
- Belen Regional AirportBRG, 43 mi
- Truth or Consequences Municipal AirportTCS, 58 mi
- Albuquerque International SunportABQ, 72 mi
- Double Eagle II AirportAEG, 78 mi
- Moriarty Municipal Airport0E0, 83 mi
- Sierra Blanca Regional AirportSRR, 88 mi
- Holloman Air Force BaseHMN, 93 mi
- Alamogordo White Sands Regional AirportALM, 97 mi