Temperature
72 F at 11 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 11 AM, and 53 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 72F
- 11 AM
- Highest
- 72F
- 11 AM
- Lowest
- 53F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/New Mexico/Roswell Air Center Airport
Roswell Air Center Airport, New Mexico
Medium airport in Chaves County, New Mexico56°
77°/54°
Clear·
Feels like 56°·Moderate breeze 18 mph NNE
Coming up. Tomorrow is 14 degrees cooler: a high of 63° after 77° today.
Now. Roswell Air Center Airport is 56° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 18 mph, gusting to 30 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 Wednesday, near 80°, and the coolest Saturday, near 60°. Rain is possible Wednesday (30%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 34°.
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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
36Air quality
55%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
56feels56
18mph
Today
Oct 15
7754
23mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
6348
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6034
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6837
14mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7545
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7952
11%
13mph
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
8057
30%
12mph
UV 6
56°
77°54°
63°48°
60°34°
68°37°
75°45°
79°52°
80°57°
As of 11:00 PM in Roswell Air Center Airport, New Mexico.
Air quality
The air at Roswell Air Center Airport
Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Carlsbad (NM), 65 miles off.
36Good
- Ozone36Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 37, good.
GoodModerate
- 37YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Roswell Air Center 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 Roswell Air Center 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
- ROW
- ICAO
- KROW
- IATA
- ROW
- Field elevation
- 3,671 ft
- Serves
- Roswell
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- ROW
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 13,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 45° / 225° | - | - |
| 17 / 35 | 10,008 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Roswell/Industrial (ROW), Roswell Air Center Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 35 F, the air 26% saturated; the humidity ran from 26% at 11 AM to 52% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 35F
- 11 AM
- Humidity now
- 26%
- Humidity, range
- 26 to 52%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
17 mph from the north at 12 PM; at its strongest 18 mph, 10 AM, with a gust of 30 mph at 10 AM.
- Now
- 17mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 10 AM
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 10 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.16 inHg at 12 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.16 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.16inHg
- 12 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.16inHg
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
Roswell/Industrial: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Roswell Air Center 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/3,668 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
8 Mile Draw NearREMN5
At a river or reservoir gauge/27.1 mi away/3,707 ft/36 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Roswell 3.7 SNM-CH-49
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/3,656 ft/15 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Hope Co-OpHOPN5
At a cooperative observer's station/35.9 mi away/4,091 ft/420 ft above 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 Roswell Air Center Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Midwaycommunity, 5 mi
- Roswellcity, 6 mi
- Dextertown, 12 mi
- Hagermantown, 18 mi
- Lake Arthurtown, 23 mi
- Morningsidecommunity, 31 mi
- Artesiacity, 33 mi
- Hopevillage, 36 mi
- Atokacommunity, 36 mi
- Loco Hillscommunity, 46 mi
- Ruidoso Downscity, 61 mi
- La Huertacommunity, 61 mi
Airports near Roswell Air Center Airport
- Artesia Municipal AirportATS, 31 mi
- Sierra Blanca Regional AirportSRR, 59 mi
- Cavern City Air TerminalCNM, 68 mi
- Lea County Regional AirportHOB, 87 mi
- Alamogordo White Sands Regional AirportALM, 91 mi
- Holloman Air Force BaseHMN, 96 mi
- Cannon Air Force BaseCVS, 102 mi
- Santa Rosa Route 66 AirportSXU, 113 mi