Temperature
55 F at 6 PM; 68 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 48 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 55F
- 6 PM
- Highest
- 68F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 48F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/New Mexico/Tucumcari Municipal Airport
Tucumcari Municipal Airport, New Mexico
Medium airport in Quay 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.
56°
71°/50°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 56°·Fresh breeze 22 mph NNE
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Tucumcari Municipal Airport until 8 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 11 degrees cooler: a high of 60° after 71° today.
Now. Tucumcari Municipal Airport is 56° and mostly clear at 7 PM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northeast at 22 mph, gusting to 37 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 7 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° 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 Tuesday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. Rain is possible Wednesday (37%). The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 31°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 9:35 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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
-Air quality
48%Humidity
20%Cloud
Now
7:00 PM
56feels56
22mph
Today
Oct 15
7150
26mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
6043
18mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6631
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7339
17mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7848
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7952
12%
13mph
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7956
37%
12mph
56°
71°50°
60°43°
66°31°
73°39°
78°48°
79°52°
79°56°
As of 7:00 PM in Tucumcari Municipal Airport, New Mexico.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Tucumcari Municipal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 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 Tucumcari Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- TCC
- ICAO
- KTCC
- IATA
- TCC
- Field elevation
- 4,065 ft
- Serves
- Tucumcari
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- TCC
- Wind now
- From 30° at 21 mph, read 15 Oct, 18:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 7,104 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | 20 mph head, on 03 | 5 mph from the left |
| 08 / 26 | 4,600 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 11 mph head, on 08 | 18 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Tucumcari Municipal (TCC), Tucumcari Municipal 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 49% saturated; the humidity ran from 32% at 3 PM to 99% at 9 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 36F
- 6 PM
- Humidity now
- 49%
- Humidity, range
- 32 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
24 mph from the north northeast at 7 PM; at its strongest 30 mph, 5 PM, with a gust of 46 mph at 3 PM.
- Now
- 24mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 30mph
- 5 PM
- Highest gust
- 46mph
- 3 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.45 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.14 inHg over 3 hours; 0.47 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.45inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.14inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.47inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 8 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 8 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 1
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 4,700ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 7 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
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
Tucumcari Municipal: 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 Tucumcari 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 now1 instrument
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/4,065 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Tucumcari 8.8 ENENM-QY-31
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/4,003 ft/62 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Nmsu Agricultural Science CtrTUCN5
On a farm or research station/4.7 mi away/4,065 ft/level with 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 Tucumcari Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Tucumcari Municipal Airport
- Cannon Air Force BaseCVS, 58 mi
- Clovis Municipal AirportCVN, 60 mi
- Santa Rosa Route 66 AirportSXU, 61 mi
- Clayton Municipal AirparkCAO, 91 mi
- Las Vegas Municipal AirportLVS, 93 mi
- Raton Municipal Airport / Crews FieldRTN, 119 mi
- Angel Fire AirportAXX, 128 mi
- Moriarty Municipal Airport0E0, 136 mi