SocorroONM
At an airfield/27.4 mi away/4,875 ft/371 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Parks/New Mexico/Elephant Butte Lake State Park
Elephant Butte Lake State Park, New Mexico
State Park in Socorro County, New MexicoHigh Wind Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the High Wind Warning, east winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Middle Rio Grande Valley including the Albuquerque Metro Area, Lower Rio Grande Valley, South Central Highlands, and Upper Tularosa Valley. * WHEN...For the High Wind Warning, until 9 AM MDT Friday. For the Freeze Watch, from late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The strongest wind gusts will be at and below canyon openings along the central mountain chain.
Take action to secure trash cans, lawn furniture, and other loose or lightweight outdoor objects. Extremely hazardous driving conditions can be expected, especially for motorists in high profile vehicles who should consider delaying travel. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
60°
73°/47°
Clear·
Feels like 60°·Fresh breeze 23 mph NE
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Elephant Butte Lake State Park until 9 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Elephant Butte Lake State Park is 60° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the northeast at 23 mph, gusting to 43 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 47° 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 76°, and the coolest Saturday, near 64°. Rain is possible Tuesday (34%) and Wednesday (46%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
36%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
60feels60
23mph
Today
Oct 15
7347
26mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
6647
24mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
6440
12mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6945
12mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7550
10%
12mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7655
34%
14mph
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7556
46%
60°
73°47°
66°47°
64°40°
69°45°
75°50°
76°55°
75°56°
As of 10:00 PM in Elephant Butte Lake State Park, New Mexico.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Elephant Butte Lake State Park
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 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 Elephant Butte Lake State Park, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 73 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 4,504 ft
- County
- Socorro County
- State
- New Mexico
- Latitude
- 33.6361° N
- Longitude
- 107.0093° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Elephant Butte Lake State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station EW7655EW7655
In a volunteer observer's own ground/28.2 mi away/4,506 ft/2 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Magdalena Raws Near Magdalena 25SwMGLN5
A remote fire weather station/34.1 mi away/8,494 ft/3,990 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Socorro 29.4 SSWNM-SC-74
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.5 mi away/4,837 ft/333 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Bosque Del ApacheSAAN5
At a cooperative observer's station/11.0 mi away/4,497 ft/7 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 Elephant Butte Lake State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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