ThoreauS2233
At a soil climate station/7.2 mi away/7,065 ft/199 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Weather/New Mexico/Continental Divide
Now. Continental Divide is 43° and clear at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 36°. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east-southeast at 15 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 56° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. Rain or snow is likely Wednesday (55%) and Thursday (68%). Rain is possible Sunday (32%), Monday (38%) and Tuesday (42%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:37 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:48 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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Continental Divide, New Mexico.
Air quality
Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Chaco Culture National Historical Park (NM), 48 miles off.
Yesterday measured 50, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Continental Divide, New MexicoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Continental Divide, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
ThoreauS2233
At a soil climate station/7.2 mi away/7,065 ft/199 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Rice Park SnotelRPRN5
A snow pillow on a mountain/13.0 mi away/8,460 ft/1,196 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/28.0 mi away/6,470 ft/794 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW7542GW7542
In a volunteer observer's own ground/35.6 mi away/6,437 ft/827 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Thoreau 3.3 WNM-MK-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/7,227 ft/37 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
El Morro Natl MonRAHN5
At a cooperative observer's station/25.6 mi away/7,211 ft/53 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 28.0 mi from Continental Divide, 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.
42.0 F with a dew point of 38.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.
From the east (80 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.
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Snow on the ground
Measured at El Morro Natl Mon (RAHN5), 25.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 09:00. measured daily
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.