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Acomita Lake, New Mexico

Community in Cibola County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Acomita Lake

Index 39, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Albuquerque (NM), 54 miles off.

39Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone39Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)20Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Acomita Lake

None in the last 24 hours; 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.11in

Visibility

How far you can see at Acomita Lake, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 PM.

FriSatSun

On the radar over Acomita Lake, New MexicoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Acomita Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Laguna RAWSLRAN5

A remote fire weather station/10.5 mi away/5,888 ft/258 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank198of 956

I-40 at SR6NM001

Beside a road/25.3 mi away/5,560 ft/586 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank630of 956

ThoreauS2233

At a soil climate station/39.8 mi away/7,065 ft/919 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank598of 956

measured daily2 instruments

Skyline-Ganipa 1.8 WNWNM-CB-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/6,262 ft/116 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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CuberoCBRN5

At a cooperative observer's station/5.3 mi away/6,237 ft/91 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Grants-Milan Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.0 mi from Acomita Lake, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Grants-Milan Muni, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GNTFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRANTS-MILAN MUNISECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGrants-Milan Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GNTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GNT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

57.2 F with a dew point of 22.0 F, 25 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Grants-Milan Muni: temperature 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 22.0, 25 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GNTFIG. B THE AIR AT GRANTS-MILAN MUNITHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,0000 F20 F40 F60 FSATURATES 7,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 15.0 FTEMPERATURE 57.2 FDEW POINT 22.0 FSPREAD 35.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 25 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEGrants-Milan Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GNTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GNT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (140 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grants-Milan Muni, north up: blowing from 140 degrees, the southeast, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GNTFIG. C THE WIND AT GRANTS-MILAN MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrants-Milan Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GNTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GNT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Grants-Milan Muni, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New Mexico

18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Acomita Lake

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Acomita Lake

River and lake gauges