NM 502 at PojoaqueNM018
Beside a road/0.4 mi away/5,761 ft/39 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Weather/New Mexico/Jaconita
Jaconita, New Mexico
Community in Santa Fe County, New Mexico* WHAT...Subfreezing temperatures as low as 26 expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, northwest, and southeast New Mexico. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Across the Northwest Plateau, areas around Farmington are not expected to fall below freezing; however, areas south of Burnham are likely to experience a freeze. Similarly, the Albuquerque Sunport and much of the northeast Albuquerque Heights will not experience a freeze, but areas around Belen, Los Lunas, the Albuquerque Valley and locations near Double Eagle Airport are likely to freeze.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
46°
64°/37°
Clear·
Feels like 42°·Light breeze 7 mph SSW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Jaconita until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Jaconita is 46° and clear at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 18°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 6 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 Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 67°. Rain is likely Tuesday (57%), Wednesday (62%) and Thursday (74%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
35Air quality
38%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
46feels42
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6437
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6735
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6741
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7045
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7049
57%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7150
62%
Thu
Oct 22
7052
74%
46°
64°37°
67°35°
67°41°
70°45°
70°49°
71°50°
70°52°
As of 11:00 PM in Jaconita, New Mexico.
Air quality
The air at Jaconita
Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Santa Fe (NM), 19 miles off.
35Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-
- Ozone35Good36 ppb18.7 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 38, good.
GoodModerate
- 38YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Jaconita
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 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 Jaconita, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Jaconita, 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 Jaconita, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
Rank928of 950
Citizen station EW4281EW4281
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.4 mi away/6,898 ft/1,176 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
El Llano 2N - Black Mesa RawsBMRN5
A remote fire weather station/10.5 mi away/5,736 ft/14 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Los AlamosLAM
At an airfield/11.6 mi away/7,149 ft/1,427 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
AlcaldeS2172
At a soil climate station/14.2 mi away/5,693 ft/29 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Los Alamos 13 W03062
At a climate reference station/25.7 mi away/8,716 ft/2,994 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Pojoaque 2.5 WNM-SF-192
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/5,758 ft/36 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/14.2 mi away/5,690 ft/32 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Los Alamos, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 11.6 mi from Jaconita, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
41.7 F with a dew point of 17.4 F, 37 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,400 ft up.
The wind
From the south (190 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 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 Jaconita
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Jaconacommunity, 1 mi
- El Ranchocommunity, 2 mi
- Pojoaquecommunity, 3 mi
- Cuyamunguecommunity, 3 mi
- San Ildefonso Pueblocommunity, 3 mi
- La Mesillacommunity, 4 mi
- Nambecommunity, 5 mi
- Cuyamungue Grantcommunity, 5 mi
- El Valle de Arroyo Secocommunity, 6 mi
- Santa Clara Pueblocommunity, 6 mi
- Sombrillocommunity, 7 mi
- Tesuque Pueblocommunity, 7 mi