Temperature
47 F at 9 PM; 65 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 40 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 47F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 65F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 40F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/New Mexico/Santa Fe Municipal Airport
Santa Fe Municipal Airport, New Mexico
Medium airport in Santa Fe County, New Mexico* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 possible. * WHERE...Eastern Lincoln County, San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands, De Baca County, Guadalupe County, Quay County, Espanola Valley, Santa Fe Metro Area, Eastern San Miguel County, and Northwest Plateau. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
47°
65°/36°
Clear·
Feels like 43°·Gentle breeze 8 mph ENE
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Santa Fe Municipal Airport until 8 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Santa Fe Municipal Airport is 47° and clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 43°. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 34° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. Rain is likely Wednesday (61%). Rain is possible Tuesday (47%). The first freeze could come Saturday, 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 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 19 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
34Air quality
52%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
47feels43
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6536
23mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
6033
12mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6330
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6337
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6742
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
6745
47%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6846
61%
47°
65°36°
60°33°
63°30°
63°37°
67°42°
67°45°
68°46°
As of 10:00 PM in Santa Fe Municipal Airport, New Mexico.
Air quality
The air at Santa Fe Municipal Airport
Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Santa Fe (NM), 1 mile off.
34Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good0.6 mi
- Ozone34Good31 ppb0.6 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Santa Fe Municipal 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 Santa Fe Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SAF
- ICAO
- KSAF
- IATA
- SAF
- Field elevation
- 6,348 ft
- Serves
- Santa Fe
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- SAF
- Wind now
- From 170° at 9 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 8,366 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 35° / 215° | 6 mph head, on 20 | 6 mph from the left |
| 10 / 28 unlit | 6,301 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 113° / 293° | 5 mph head, on 10 | 8 mph from the right |
| 15 / 33 | 6,316 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 166° / 346° | 9 mph head, on 15 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Santa Fe Co. Muni (SAF), Santa Fe Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 32 F, the air 56% saturated; the humidity ran from 26% at 4 PM to 73% at 6 AM.
- Dew point now
- 32F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 56%
- Humidity, range
- 26 to 73%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the south at 9 PM; at its strongest 20 mph, 11 AM, with a gust of 32 mph at 11 AM.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 20mph
- 11 AM
- Highest gust
- 32mph
- 11 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.50 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.12 inHg over 3 hours; 0.33 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.50inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.12inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.33inHg
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 5,500 ft at 6 PM; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 5,500ft
- 6 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 4
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
Santa Fe Co. Muni: 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 Santa Fe 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 now5 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/6,345 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
NM 599 at I-25NM015
Beside a road/1.7 mi away/6,217 ft/131 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
A remote fire weather station/13.1 mi away/8,530 ft/2,182 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Los Alamos 13 W03062
At a climate reference station/29.0 mi away/8,716 ft/2,368 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
AlcaldeS2172
At a soil climate station/32.8 mi away/5,693 ft/655 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Agua Fria 2.8 WSWNM-SF-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/6,381 ft/33 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Santa FeSTFN5
At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/6,718 ft/370 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 Santa Fe Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- La Cienegacommunity, 2 mi
- Valle Vistacommunity, 3 mi
- Agua Friacommunity, 5 mi
- Tres Arroyoscommunity, 6 mi
- Las Campanascommunity, 7 mi
- Arroyo Hondocommunity, 8 mi
- Conejocommunity, 9 mi
- Seton Villagecommunity, 9 mi
- La Tierracommunity, 10 mi
- Tano Roadcommunity, 10 mi
- La Bajadacommunity, 10 mi
- Santa Fecity, 10 mi
Airports near Santa Fe Municipal Airport
- Los Alamos AirportLAM, 21 mi
- Moriarty Municipal Airport0E0, 45 mi
- Albuquerque International SunportABQ, 49 mi
- Double Eagle II AirportAEG, 51 mi
- Las Vegas Municipal AirportLVS, 53 mi
- Taos Regional AirportSKX, 62 mi
- Angel Fire AirportAXX, 71 mi
- Belen Regional AirportBRG, 79 mi