Temperature
52 F at 9 PM; 68 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 46 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 52F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 68F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 46F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/New Mexico/Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport
Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport, New Mexico
Small airport in Guadalupe 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.
52°
67°/46°
Clear·
Feels like 52°·Fresh breeze 20 mph NE
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport until 8 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 58° after 67° today.
Now. Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport is 52° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the northeast at 20 mph, gusting to 32 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 41° 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 Monday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. Rain is possible Wednesday (42%). The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 31°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:40 PM. 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
54%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
52feels52
20mph
Today
Oct 15
6746
24mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
5840
13mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6131
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7036
14mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7446
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7349
18%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7453
42%
52°
67°46°
58°40°
61°31°
70°36°
74°46°
73°49°
74°53°
As of 9:00 PM in Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport, New Mexico.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 Rosa Route 66 Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SXU
- ICAO
- KSXU
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 4,792 ft
- Serves
- Santa Rosa
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SXU
- Wind now
- From 30° at 20 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 5,013 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 20° / 200° | 20 mph head, on 01 | 3 mph from the right |
| 08 / 26 | 4,294 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 89° / 269° | 10 mph head, on 08 | 17 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Santa Rosa (SXU), Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 36 F, the air 54% saturated; the humidity ran from 25% at 11 AM to 54% at 7 AM.
- Dew point now
- 36F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 54%
- Humidity, range
- 25 to 54%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
20 mph from the north northeast at 9 PM; at its strongest 24 mph, 6 PM, with a gust of 37 mph at 7 PM.
- Now
- 20mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 24mph
- 6 PM
- Highest gust
- 37mph
- 7 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.50 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.44 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.50inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.10inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.44inHg
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 6,500 ft at 6 PM; a base was reported in 3 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 6,500ft
- 6 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 3
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 Rosa: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Santa Rosa Route 66 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 now1 instrument
Santa RosaSXU
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/4,768 ft/24 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Santa Rosa 0.4 SWNM-GD-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/4,633 ft/159 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Fort Sumner - Sumner LakeFSLN5
At a cooperative observer's station/27.4 mi away/4,278 ft/514 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 Fort Sumner - Sumner Lake (FSLN5), 27.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in New Mexico
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Santa Rosacity, 2 mi
- Puerto de Lunacommunity, 7 mi
- Pasturacommunity, 20 mi
- Newkirkcommunity, 24 mi
- Lake Sumnercommunity, 26 mi
- Llano del Mediocommunity, 32 mi
- Anton Chicocommunity, 34 mi
- Tecolotitocommunity, 36 mi
- Conchas Damcommunity, 39 mi
- Fort Sumnervillage, 39 mi
- Vaughntown, 39 mi
- Housevillage, 46 mi
Airports near Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport
- Las Vegas Municipal AirportLVS, 57 mi
- Tucumcari Municipal AirportTCC, 61 mi
- Moriarty Municipal Airport0E0, 77 mi
- Cannon Air Force BaseCVS, 84 mi
- Santa Fe Municipal AirportSAF, 94 mi
- Clovis Municipal AirportCVN, 96 mi
- Angel Fire AirportAXX, 109 mi
- Albuquerque International SunportABQ, 112 mi