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Cloudcroft, New Mexico

Village in Otero County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Cloudcroft

Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Las Cruces (NM), 75 miles off.

33Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-
  • Ozone33Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cloudcroft

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 Cloudcroft, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cloudcroft, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Cosmic RAWSCSMN5

A remote fire weather station/13.0 mi away/9,137 ft/288 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank897of 956

measured daily2 instruments

Cable TvCLDN5

At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/8,579 ft/270 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank80of 956

Station report

The weather at Alamogordo-White, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.6 mi from Cloudcroft, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 300 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Alamogordo-White, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 300 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALMFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALAMOGORDO-WHITESECTION, 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 SHEETFEW 300 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLEAlamogordo-White, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ALMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

66.2 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 32 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Alamogordo-White: temperature 66.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 32 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALMFIG. B THE AIR AT ALAMOGORDO-WHITETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 6,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 300 FTTEMPERATURE 66.2 FDEW POINT 35.6 FSPREAD 30.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 32 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 POINTTITLEAlamogordo-White, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ALMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (90 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 38 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 40 mph.

Plan of the wind at Alamogordo-White, north up: blowing from 90 degrees, the east, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 38; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALMFIG. C THE WIND AT ALAMOGORDO-WHITEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 90°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 38 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlamogordo-White, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ALMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Alamogordo-White, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New Mexico

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Near Cloudcroft

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