Citizen station GW0634GW0634
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.4 mi away/5,051 ft/142 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Parks/New Mexico/Clayton Lake State Park
Clayton Lake State Park, New Mexico
State Park in Union County, New Mexico* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 possible. * WHERE...Central Highlands, Estancia Valley, Far Northeast Highlands, Northeast Highlands, and Union County. * WHEN...From late tonight 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.
42°
54°/35°
Clear·
Feels like 33°·Fresh breeze 20 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Clayton Lake State Park until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 12 degrees warmer: a high of 66° after 54° today.
Now. Clayton Lake State Park is 42° and clear at 10 AM. With the wind it feels like 33°. The dew point is 19°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north at 20 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 51° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 30° 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 66°. Rain is possible Thursday (36%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 22 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:23 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 16 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
3UV Moderate
-Air quality
39%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 AM
42feels33
20mph
Today
Oct 16
5435
23mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6628
20mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6939
22mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7346
15mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7549
17mph
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7552
13%
15mph
Thu
Oct 22
7354
36%
17mph
42°
54°35°
66°28°
69°39°
73°46°
75°49°
75°52°
73°54°
As of 10:00 AM in Clayton Lake State Park, New Mexico.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Clayton Lake State Park
None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.01in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Clayton Lake State Park, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 0.65 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 5,193 ft
- County
- Union County
- State
- New Mexico
- Latitude
- 36.5896° N
- Longitude
- 103.3112° W
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Clayton Lake State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
ClaytonCAO
At an airfield/13.1 mi away/4,970 ft/223 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Clayton 13.7 NNM-UN-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.2 mi away/5,076 ft/117 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Grenville 20MI.SwPSMN5
At a cooperative observer's station/30.8 mi away/5,719 ft/526 ft above 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 Grenville 20MI.Sw (PSMN5), 30.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in New Mexico
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Clayton Lake State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.