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Hachita, New Mexico

Community in Grant County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Hachita

Index 639, hazardous, led by coarse particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Deming (NM), 42 miles off.

639Hazardous
  • Coarse particles (PM10)639Hazardous-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hachita

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Hachita, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Hachita, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Hachita 7ESEHTAN5

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.4 mi away/4,652 ft/134 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank378of 956

LordsburgLSB

At an airfield/36.0 mi away/4,274 ft/244 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank216of 956

measured daily1 instrument

Hachita 9.4 ENM-LU-74

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.6 mi away/4,817 ft/299 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Lordsburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 36.0 mi from Hachita, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 AM 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 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LSB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 47 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lordsburg: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 47 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,500 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.8 FTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 19.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 47 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 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LSB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (120 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lordsburg, north up: blowing from 120 degrees, the east southeast, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh 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 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELordsburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LSBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-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 Hachita

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

Near Hachita

River and lake gauges