Temperature
41 F at 9 PM; 55 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 33 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 41F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 55F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 33F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/New Mexico/Raton Municipal Airport / Crews Field
Raton Municipal Airport / Crews Field, New Mexico
Small airport in Colfax County, New MexicoFreeze Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Wind Advisory, north winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 possible. * WHERE...Far Northeast Highlands and Union County. * WHEN...For the Wind Advisory, until midnight MDT tonight. For the Freeze Warning, from 3 AM to 9 AM MDT Friday. For the Freeze Watch, from late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs may be blown down. Expect strong crosswinds on area roadways. Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
38°
57°/34°
Clear·
Feels like 33°·Gentle breeze 8 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Raton Municipal Airport / Crews Field until 9 AM tomorrow. 2 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Raton Municipal Airport / Crews Field is 38° and clear at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 33°. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 31° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Tuesday, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
0Air quality
73%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
38feels33
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
5734
33mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
5630
14mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6625
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7031
12mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7038
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7139
13%
20mph
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7143
26%
16mph
38°
57°34°
56°30°
66°25°
70°31°
70°38°
71°39°
71°43°
As of 11:00 PM in Raton Municipal Airport / Crews Field, New Mexico.
Air quality
The air at Raton Municipal Airport / Crews Field
Index 0, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Taos (NM), 65 miles off.
0Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 10, good.
GoodModerate
- 10YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Raton Municipal Airport / Crews Field
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 Raton Municipal Airport / Crews Field, 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
- RTN
- ICAO
- KRTN
- IATA
- RTN
- Field elevation
- 6,352 ft
- Serves
- Raton
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RTN
- Wind now
- From 10° at 6 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 7,615 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 34° / 214° | 5 mph head, on 02 | 2 mph from the left |
| 07 / 25 | 4,425 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 77° / 257° | 2 mph head, on 07 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Raton/Crews Fld (RTN), Raton Municipal Airport / Crews Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 31 F, the air 67% saturated; the humidity ran from 39% at 9 AM to 98% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 31F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 67%
- Humidity, range
- 39 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the north at 9 PM; at its strongest 28 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 47 mph at 2 PM.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 28mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 47mph
- 2 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.62 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.49 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.62inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.08inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.49inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.2 miles at 3 AM, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.2mi
- 3 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 2
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 11
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
Raton/Crews Fld: 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 Raton Municipal Airport / Crews Field, 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/6,348 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-25 Raton PassNM013
Beside a road/17.1 mi away/7,825 ft/1,473 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Cimarron RAWSCIMN5
A remote fire weather station/35.5 mi away/8,760 ft/2,408 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Raton 1.1 SNM-CL-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.6 mi away/6,609 ft/257 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RatonRTON5
At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/6,624 ft/272 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 Raton Municipal Airport / Crews Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ratoncity, 11 mi
- Maxwellvillage, 14 mi
- Springertown, 27 mi
- Cimarronvillage, 28 mi
- Capulincommunity, 28 mi
- Folsomvillage, 33 mi
- Ute Parkcommunity, 36 mi
- Des Moinesvillage, 37 mi
- Eagle Nestvillage, 44 mi
- Angel Fireski area, 50 mi
- Red Rivertown, 50 mi
- Grenvillevillage, 50 mi
Airports near Raton Municipal Airport / Crews Field
- Angel Fire AirportAXX, 49 mi
- Questa Municipal Nr 2 AirportN24, 61 mi
- Taos Regional AirportSKX, 68 mi
- Clayton Municipal AirparkCAO, 77 mi
- Las Vegas Municipal AirportLVS, 83 mi
- Los Alamos AirportLAM, 115 mi
- Santa Fe Municipal AirportSAF, 118 mi
- Tucumcari Municipal AirportTCC, 119 mi