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Elephant Butte, New Mexico

City in Sierra County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Elephant Butte

Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Las Cruces (NM), 66 miles off.

33Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-
  • Ozone33Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Elephant Butte

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Elephant Butte, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Elephant Butte, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Elephant Butte 1.2 NWNM-SR-37

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/4,544 ft/24 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Elephant Butte DamEPHN5

At a dam/3.8 mi away/4,442 ft/126 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Truth Or Consequenc, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.9 mi from Elephant Butte, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:53 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 Truth Or Consequenc, 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 TCSFIG. A THE SKY OVER TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLETruth Or Consequenc, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TCSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TCS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

62.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 38 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Truth Or Consequenc: temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 38 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TCSFIG. B THE AIR AT TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 5,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 30.5 FTEMPERATURE 62.0 FDEW POINT 36.0 FSPREAD 26.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 38 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 POINTTITLETruth Or Consequenc, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TCSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TCS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (40 degrees) at 25 mph, gusting 36 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Truth Or Consequenc, north up: blowing from 40 degrees, the northeast, at 25 miles an hour, gusting 36; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TCSFIG. C THE WIND AT TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 40°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE32GUST, 36 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETruth Or Consequenc, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TCSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TCS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Truth Or Consequenc, 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 Elephant Butte

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

Near Elephant Butte

River and lake gauges