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Buckhorn, New Mexico

Community in Grant County, New Mexico

Precipitation

What has fallen at Buckhorn

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. 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 Buckhorn, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Buckhorn, 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 now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

BuckhornBKHN5

At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/4,873 ft/117 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank14of 956

Cliff 1.8 WSWNM-GR-76

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.5 mi away/4,720 ft/36 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station EW7129, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 30.2 mi from Buckhorn, New Mexico. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station EW7129, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW7129FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION EW7129PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station EW7129, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW7129TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EW7129-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 5,907 ft above sea level, 20 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 24.06 inHg and the temperature at 37.9 F; it reports 56.0 F, 18.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station EW7129 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 5,907 feet above sea level with 20 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 24.06 inches of mercury, and temperature, 37.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW7129FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION EW7129 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION EW712920 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT5,907 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 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE24.06 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE37.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED56.0 FTITLECitizen station EW7129, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW7129TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EW7129-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 48 degrees above the horizon at 32.78 N, and the day is 11 h 13 min long. Level ground there takes 74 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station EW7129, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 48 degrees above the horizon, against 81 at the June solstice, 57 at the equinoxes and 34 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 13 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW7129FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION EW7129ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 81°EQUINOXES 57°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 34°OCT 16, 48°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 13 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 74 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 32.78 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station EW7129, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW7129TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EW7129-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station EW7129, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Buckhorn (BKHN5), 0.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 17:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in New Mexico

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

Near Buckhorn

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

Near Buckhorn

River and lake gauges