US 285 at EspanolaNM016
Beside a road/4.9 mi away/5,666 ft/68 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Weather/New Mexico/El Valle de Arroyo Seco
El Valle de Arroyo Seco, New Mexico
Community in Santa Fe County, New Mexico* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 possible. * WHERE...Eastern Lincoln County, San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands, De Baca County, Guadalupe County, Quay County, Espanola Valley, Santa Fe Metro Area, Eastern San Miguel County, and Northwest Plateau. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
50°
67°/37°
Clear·
Feels like 50°·Moderate breeze 14 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for El Valle de Arroyo Seco until 8 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. El Valle de Arroyo Seco is 50° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 27°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 14 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 36° by 7 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 week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 63°. Rain is likely Wednesday (57%). Rain is possible Tuesday (43%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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.
0UV Low
32Air quality
47%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
50feels50
14mph
Today
Oct 15
6737
13mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
6336
13mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6533
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6639
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6943
10%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7046
43%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7048
57%
50°
67°37°
63°36°
65°33°
66°39°
69°43°
70°46°
70°48°
As of 11:00 PM in El Valle de Arroyo Seco, New Mexico.
Air quality
The air at El Valle de Arroyo Seco
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Santa Fe (NM), 24 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good23.7 mi
- Ozone32Good31 ppb23.7 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at El Valle de Arroyo Seco
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 El Valle de Arroyo Seco, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over El Valle de Arroyo Seco, New MexicoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 8 instruments nearest El Valle de Arroyo Seco, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
Rank838of 956
El Llano 2N - Black Mesa RawsBMRN5
A remote fire weather station/5.5 mi away/5,736 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
AlcaldeS2172
At a soil climate station/9.2 mi away/5,693 ft/41 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Citizen station EW4281EW4281
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.3 mi away/6,898 ft/1,164 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Los AlamosLAM
At an airfield/14.7 mi away/7,149 ft/1,415 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Los Alamos 13 W03062
At a climate reference station/28.6 mi away/8,716 ft/2,982 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Espanola 3.8 ESENM-SF-90
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/5,811 ft/77 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/5,690 ft/44 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Los Alamos, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 14.7 mi from El Valle de Arroyo Seco, 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.
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.
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.
The full report of Los Alamos, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in New Mexico
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near El Valle de Arroyo Seco
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sombrillocommunity, 2 mi
- Cuartelezcommunity, 2 mi
- La Pueblacommunity, 2 mi
- Santa Cruzcommunity, 3 mi
- La Mesillacommunity, 3 mi
- Españolacity, 3 mi
- Santa Clara Pueblocommunity, 4 mi
- Pojoaquecommunity, 5 mi
- Jaconacommunity, 5 mi
- Nambecommunity, 5 mi
- Chimayocommunity, 5 mi
- Jaconitacommunity, 6 mi