At an airfield/11.8 mi away/6,811 ft/622 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mountain passes/New Mexico/Capitan Pass
Capitan Pass, New Mexico
Mountain pass in Lincoln County, New Mexico, at 7,433 ft42°
63°/38°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 33°·Moderate breeze 18 mph E
Coming up. Tomorrow is 14 degrees cooler: a high of 49° after 63° today.
Now. Capitan Pass is 42° and partly cloudy at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 33°. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east at 18 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 33° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 49°. Rain is likely Wednesday (51%). Rain is possible Tuesday (49%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 25°.
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 south-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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
69%Humidity
47%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
42feels33
18mph
Today
Oct 15
6338
23mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
4933
22mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
5425
12mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
6234
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
6542
27%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
6645
49%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
6647
51%
UV 6
42°
63°38°
49°33°
54°25°
62°34°
65°42°
66°45°
66°47°
As of 11:00 PM in Capitan Pass, New Mexico.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Capitan Pass
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 Capitan Pass, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 7,433 ft
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- New Mexico
- Latitude
- 33.6240° N
- Longitude
- 105.4691° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Capitan Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station NB0X-13NB0X-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.6 mi away/6,986 ft/447 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Forest Service Road 131 Nr Bonito332933105434501
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.5 mi away/8,244 ft/811 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Capitan 5.5 NENM-LN-49
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/6,740 ft/693 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RuidosoRUPN5
At a cooperative observer's station/21.5 mi away/6,949 ft/484 ft below 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 Ruidoso (RUPN5), 21.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in New Mexico
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Capitan Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Capitanvillage, 9 mi
- Nogalcommunity, 16 mi
- Ruidoso Downscity, 21 mi
- Ruidosotown, 23 mi
- Carrizozotown, 24 mi
- Mescalerocommunity, 37 mi
- Bentcommunity, 39 mi
- Coronavillage, 44 mi
- Twin Forkscommunity, 47 mi
- Cloudcroftvillage, 49 mi
- Tularosavillage, 49 mi
- Mayhillcommunity, 50 mi
Mountain passes near Capitan Pass
- Roach Pass53 mi
- Serape Pass54 mi
- Cedar Pass55 mi
- Rhodes Pass77 mi
- Sulphur Pass83 mi
- Hembrillo Pass84 mi
- Comanche Pass94 mi
- San Augustin Pass104 mi