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At a river or reservoir gauge/8.0 mi away/5,607 ft/837 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Parks/New Mexico/Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico
National Park in Eddy County, New Mexico* WHAT...North winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Portions of southeast New Mexico and southwest and western Texas. * WHEN...Until 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds may blow around unsecured objects.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution and keep both hands on the steering wheel. Secure loose objects that could be damaged or blown away by strong winds.
55°
58°/48°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 55°·Fresh breeze 22 mph NNE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Carlsbad Caverns National Park until 6 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Carlsbad Caverns National Park is 55° and mostly clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northeast at 22 mph, gusting to 39 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 77°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is possible Thursday (42%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:25 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:43 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
28Air quality
49%Humidity
35%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
55feels55
22mph
Today
Oct 16
5848
27mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5538
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6539
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7349
UV 8
Tue
Oct 20
7654
12%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7757
24%
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7759
42%
UV 6
55°
58°48°
55°38°
65°39°
73°49°
76°54°
77°57°
77°59°
As of 12:00 AM in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.
Air quality
The air at Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Carlsbad (NM), 25 miles off.
28Good
- Ozone28Good22 ppb24.9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1 ppb24.9 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 37, good.
GoodModerate
- 37YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Carlsbad Caverns National Park
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Carlsbad Caverns National Park, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- National Park
- Area
- 73 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 4,770 ft
- County
- Eddy County
- State
- New Mexico
- Latitude
- 32.1408° N
- Longitude
- 104.5761° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Carlsbad Caverns National Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/22.8 mi away/3,294 ft/1,476 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station KE5WLMKE5WLM
In a volunteer observer's own ground/27.6 mi away/3,151 ft/1,619 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Carlsbad 4.9 WSWNM-ED-50
In a volunteer observer's own ground/22.4 mi away/3,339 ft/1,431 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Brantley Dam near CarlsbadBNTN5
At a dam/28.2 mi away/3,316 ft/1,454 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in New Mexico
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Carlsbad Caverns National Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Whites Citycommunity, 12 mi
- Happy Valleycommunity, 26 mi
- Carlsbadcity, 28 mi
- Livingston Wheelercommunity, 28 mi
- Lovingvillage, 30 mi
- La Huertacommunity, 30 mi
- Malagacommunity, 30 mi
- Atokacommunity, 46 mi
- Hopevillage, 47 mi
- Artesiacity, 49 mi
- Morningsidecommunity, 51 mi
- Pinoncommunity, 57 mi