Storm Station
Sign in

Haystack, New Mexico

Community in McKinley County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Haystack

Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Chaco Culture National Historical Park (NM), 47 miles off.

36Good
  • Ozone36Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 50, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Haystack

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
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Haystack, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Haystack, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

ThoreauS2233

At a soil climate station/13.9 mi away/7,065 ft/21 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank598of 956

measured daily2 instruments

Prewitt 5.5 NNENM-MK-24

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.5 mi away/7,131 ft/45 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

CuberoCBRN5

At a cooperative observer's station/30.3 mi away/6,237 ft/849 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Grants-Milan Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.1 mi from Haystack, 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 Grants-Milan Muni, 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 GNTFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRANTS-MILAN MUNISECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEGrants-Milan Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GNTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GNT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

51.0 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 48 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Grants-Milan Muni: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 48 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GNTFIG. B THE AIR AT GRANTS-MILAN MUNITHE 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 4,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.0 FTEMPERATURE 51.0 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 19.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 48 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 POINTTITLEGrants-Milan Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GNTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GNT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (130 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grants-Milan Muni, north up: blowing from 130 degrees, the southeast, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GNTFIG. C THE WIND AT GRANTS-MILAN MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 130°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrants-Milan Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GNTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GNT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Grants-Milan Muni, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

-

Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New Mexico

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

Near Haystack

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

Near Haystack

River and lake gauges