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Cotton City, New Mexico

Community in Hidalgo County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Cotton City

Index 57, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Douglas (AZ), 66 miles off.

57Moderate
  • Coarse particles (PM10)57Moderate-

The days ahead

Highest 141, unhealthy for sensitive groups, today, led by coarse particles. An air quality alert is called for today. Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 6 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Cotton City

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Cotton City, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 6 PM, lowest 7 miles Sun 10 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Cotton City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

I-10 Eb MP 7NM008

Beside a road/11.7 mi away/4,160 ft/78 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank771of 950

LordsburgLSB

At an airfield/20.4 mi away/4,274 ft/36 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank231of 950

measured daily1 instrument

Lordsburg 23.2 SSWNM-HD-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/4,291 ft/53 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Lordsburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.4 mi from Cotton City, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:15 PM 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 Lordsburg, 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 LSBFIG. A THE SKY OVER LORDSBURGSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELordsburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LSBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LSB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 28.4 F, 43 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lordsburg: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.4, 43 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LSBFIG. B THE AIR AT LORDSBURGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 23.9 FTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 28.4 FSPREAD 21.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 43 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 POINTTITLELordsburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LSBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LSB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (130 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 48 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lordsburg, north up: blowing from 130 degrees, the southeast, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LSBFIG. C THE WIND AT LORDSBURGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 130°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELordsburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LSBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LSB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Lordsburg, 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 Cotton City

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

Near Cotton City

River and lake gauges