Parks/New Mexico/El Morro National Monument

El Morro National Monument, New Mexico

National Monument in Cibola County, New Mexico

42° 57°/36°

Clear· Feels like 33°·Fresh breeze 20 mph ESE

Now. El Morro National Monument is 42° and clear at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 33°. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the east-southeast at 20 mph, gusting to 34 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 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. Rain is likely Wednesday (52%) and Thursday (66%). Rain is possible Sunday (36%), Monday (39%) and Tuesday (40%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:37 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:49 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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

31Air quality

62%Humidity

0%Cloud

Now

1:00 AM

42feels33

20mph

Today

Oct 16

5736

22mph

UV 8

Sat

Oct 17

5931

16mph

UV 7

Sun

Oct 18

6339

36%

UV 6

Mon

Oct 19

6442

39%

UV 6

Tue

Oct 20

6543

40%

UV 7

Wed

Oct 21

6544

52%

12mph

Thu

Oct 22

6144

66%

12mph

42°

57°36°

59°31°

63°39°

64°42°

65°43°

65°44°

61°44°

As of 1:00 AM in El Morro National Monument, New Mexico.

Air quality

The air at El Morro National Monument

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Chaco Culture National Historical Park (NM), 73 miles off.

31Good

Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 50, good.

GoodModerate

50YesterdayOct 15

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at El Morro National Monument

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 El Morro National Monument, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

Park

Designation: National Monument
Area: 2 sq mi
Height at its point: 7,182 ft
County: Cibola County
State: New Mexico
Latitude: 35.0390° N
Longitude: 108.3464° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest El Morro National Monument, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Rice Park SnotelRPRN5

A snow pillow on a mountain/14.2 mi away/8,460 ft/1,278 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station GW7542GW7542

In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.7 mi away/6,437 ft/745 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Grants-Milan MuniGNT

At an airfield/26.6 mi away/6,519 ft/663 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

ThoreauS2233

At a soil climate station/27.0 mi away/7,065 ft/117 ft below here