At an airfield/36.9 mi away/4,065 ft/187 ft below here
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Weather/New Mexico/Conchas Dam
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Conchas Dam until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Conchas Dam is 50° and mostly clear at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 45°. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northeast at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 78°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. Rain is likely Thursday (51%). Rain is possible Wednesday (39%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:31 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Conchas Dam, New Mexico.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
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On the radar over Conchas Dam, New MexicoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 3 instruments nearest Conchas Dam, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
At an airfield/36.9 mi away/4,065 ft/187 ft below here
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measured daily2 instruments
Newkirk 24N-Canadian RiverCNCN5
At a cooperative observer's station/2.8 mi away/4,199 ft/53 ft below here
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Mosquero 15 SSENM-SM-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/22.6 mi away/4,429 ft/177 ft above here
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Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 36.9 mi from Conchas Dam, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
48.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.
From the northeast (40 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 46 mph.
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Newkirk 24N-Canadian River (CNCN5), 2.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
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