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El Rancho, New Mexico

Community in Santa Fe County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at El Rancho

Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Santa Fe (NM), 19 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good18.7 mi
  • Ozone32Good31 ppb18.7 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at El Rancho

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at El Rancho, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest El Rancho, 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 now6 instruments

Los AlamosLAM

At an airfield/10.0 mi away/7,149 ft/1,531 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank266of 956

AlcaldeS2172

At a soil climate station/13.7 mi away/5,693 ft/75 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank559of 956

Los Alamos 13 W03062

At a climate reference station/24.2 mi away/8,716 ft/3,098 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank570of 956

measured daily2 instruments

Pojoaque 5.0 WNM-SF-113

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/5,606 ft/12 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Los AlamosLOAN5

At a cooperative observer's station/12.7 mi away/7,365 ft/1,747 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Los Alamos, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.0 mi from El Rancho, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 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 Los Alamos, 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 LAMFIG. A THE SKY OVER LOS ALAMOSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELos Alamos, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LAMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LAM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 25.7 F, 41 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Los Alamos: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 25.7, 41 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LAMFIG. B THE AIR AT LOS ALAMOSTHE 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 5,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 21.1 FTEMPERATURE 48.0 FDEW POINT 25.7 FSPREAD 22.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 41 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 POINTTITLELos Alamos, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LAMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LAM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Los Alamos, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LAMFIG. C THE WIND AT LOS ALAMOSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELos Alamos, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LAMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LAM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Los Alamos, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Los Alamos (LOAN5), 12.7 miles from here, read 7 Oct, 06:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in New Mexico

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

Near El Rancho

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

Near El Rancho

River and lake gauges