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Alamo, New Mexico

Community in Socorro County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Alamo

Index 76, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Albuquerque (NM), 69 miles off.

76Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good-
  • Ozone32Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)76Moderate-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Alamo

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Alamo, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Alamo, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 16.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Datil RAWSDTLN5

A remote fire weather station/16.1 mi away/8,432 ft/1,961 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank213of 956

Socorro 20 N03048

At a climate reference station/35.9 mi away/4,847 ft/1,624 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank570of 956

measured daily2 instruments

AugustineAUGN5

At a cooperative observer's station/21.6 mi away/6,964 ft/493 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Magdalena 0.7 NWNM-SC-43

In a volunteer observer's own ground/23.8 mi away/6,578 ft/107 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Datil RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 16.1 mi from Alamo, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:11 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

41.0 F with a dew point of 30.5 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Datil RAWS: temperature 41.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.5, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DTLN5FIG. B THE AIR AT DATIL RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.2 FTEMPERATURE 41.0 FDEW POINT 30.5 FSPREAD 10.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 POINTTITLEDatil RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP DTLN5TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DTLN5-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (99 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Datil RAWS, north up: blowing from 99 degrees, the east, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DTLN5FIG. C THE WIND AT DATIL RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 99°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDatil RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP DTLN5TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DTLN5-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 8,432 ft above sea level, 27 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 21.86 inHg and the temperature at 28.9 F; it reports 41.0 F, 12.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Datil RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 8,432 feet above sea level with 27 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 21.86 inches of mercury, and temperature, 28.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DTLN5FIG. D WHERE DATIL RAWS STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,00020,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREDATIL RAWS27 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT8,432 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FT50 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 17,970 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE21.86 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE28.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED41.0 FTITLEDatil RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP DTLN5TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DTLN5-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Datil RAWS, in 5 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 Alamo

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

Near Alamo

River and lake gauges