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Arenas Valley, New Mexico

Community in Grant County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Arenas Valley

Index 84, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Deming (NM), 46 miles off.

84Moderate
  • Coarse particles (PM10)84Moderate-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Arenas Valley

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Arenas Valley, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Arenas Valley, 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 now3 instruments

Fort BayardFTBN5

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.2 mi away/6,119 ft/55 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank933of 956

measured daily2 instruments

Silver City 3NSICN5

At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/6,168 ft/104 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank632of 956

Station report

The weather at Silver City/Grant, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.2 mi from Arenas Valley, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 AM 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 Silver City/Grant, 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 SVCFIG. A THE SKY OVER SILVER CITY/GRANTSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESilver City/Grant, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SVCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SVC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

56.3 F with a dew point of 32.4 F, 40 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Silver City/Grant: temperature 56.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.4, 40 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SVCFIG. B THE AIR AT SILVER CITY/GRANTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 5,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.4 FTEMPERATURE 56.3 FDEW POINT 32.4 FSPREAD 23.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 40 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 POINTTITLESilver City/Grant, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SVCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SVC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (70 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Silver City/Grant, north up: blowing from 70 degrees, the east northeast, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SVCFIG. C THE WIND AT SILVER CITY/GRANTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 70°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESilver City/Grant, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SVCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SVC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Silver City/Grant, 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 Arenas Valley

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

Near Arenas Valley

River and lake gauges