Parks/New Mexico/Bluewater Lake State Park

Bluewater Lake State Park, New Mexico

State Park in McKinley County, New Mexico

41° 56°/35°

Clear· Feels like 34°·Gentle breeze 12 mph ESE

Now. Bluewater Lake State Park is 41° and clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 34°. The dew point is 31°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-southeast at 12 mph, gusting to 25 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 56° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. Rain is likely Wednesday (56%) and Thursday (67%). Rain is possible Sunday (36%), Monday (49%) and Tuesday (39%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:36 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:47 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, 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 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

30Air quality

61%Humidity

0%Cloud

Now

3:00 AM

41feels34

12mph

Today

Oct 16

5635

17mph

UV 8

Sat

Oct 17

5931

UV 7

Sun

Oct 18

6242

36%

UV 6

Mon

Oct 19

6244

49%

Tue

Oct 20

6445

39%

UV 7

Wed

Oct 21

6346

56%

Thu

Oct 22

6046

67%

41°

56°35°

59°31°

62°42°

62°44°

64°45°

63°46°

60°46°

As of 3:00 AM in Bluewater Lake State Park, New Mexico.

Air quality

The air at Bluewater Lake State Park

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Chaco Culture National Historical Park (NM), 50 miles off.

30Good

Ozone30Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 38, good.

GoodModerate

38YesterdayOct 15

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bluewater Lake State Park

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. 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 Bluewater Lake State Park, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 3.24 sq mi
Height at its point: 7,640 ft
County: McKinley County
State: New Mexico
Latitude: 35.3355° N
Longitude: 108.1584° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bluewater Lake State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ThoreauS2233

At a soil climate station/4.9 mi away/7,065 ft/575 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rice Park SnotelRPRN5

A snow pillow on a mountain/9.3 mi away/8,460 ft/820 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Grants-Milan MuniGNT

At an airfield/18.6 mi away/6,519 ft/1,121 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station GW7542GW7542

In a volunteer observer's own ground/39.3 mi away/6,437 ft/1,203 ft below here