I-25 at La BajadaNM011
Beside a road/2.9 mi away/5,699 ft/219 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Weather/New Mexico/La Bajada
La Bajada, New Mexico
Community in Santa Fe County, New Mexico* WHAT...For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, and northwest New Mexico. * WHEN...From late tonight 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.
48°
64°/38°
Clear·
Feels like 44°·Gentle breeze 8 mph NE
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for La Bajada until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. La Bajada is 48° and clear at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 44°. The dew point is 31°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 63° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° 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 sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 66°. Rain is likely Wednesday (61%) and Thursday (62%). Rain is possible Tuesday (48%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:39 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 17 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
29Air quality
65%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
48feels44
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6438
12mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6634
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6641
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7046
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7049
48%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7150
61%
Thu
Oct 22
6951
62%
48°
64°38°
66°34°
66°41°
70°46°
70°49°
71°50°
69°51°
As of 12:00 AM in La Bajada, New Mexico.
Air quality
The air at La Bajada
Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Santa Fe (NM), 10 miles off.
29Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good9.9 mi
- Ozone29Good27 ppb9.9 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at La Bajada
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 La Bajada, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over La Bajada, 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 La Bajada, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
Rank778of 956
Galisteo Reservoir Near Cerrillos, N. Mex.08317900
At a reservoir/6.8 mi away/5,496 ft/16 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/9.6 mi away/6,345 ft/865 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station DW9425DW9425
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.3 mi away/6,423 ft/943 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Los Alamos 13 W03062
At a climate reference station/25.5 mi away/8,716 ft/3,236 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
AlcaldeS2172
At a soil climate station/38.4 mi away/5,693 ft/213 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Santo Domingo Pueblo 0.6 ENENM-SN-171
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.9 mi away/5,212 ft/268 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Santa FeSTFN5
At a cooperative observer's station/15.7 mi away/6,718 ft/1,238 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Santa Fe Co. Muni, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 9.6 mi from La Bajada, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
41.0 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up.
The wind
From the west (280 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.
The full report of Santa Fe Co. Muni, 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 La Bajada
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Peña Blancacommunity, 5 mi
- Cochiticommunity, 7 mi
- Santo Domingo Pueblocommunity, 7 mi
- La Cienegacommunity, 8 mi
- Cochiti Lakecommunity, 8 mi
- Valle Vistacommunity, 11 mi
- Los Cerrilloscommunity, 11 mi
- Madridcommunity, 11 mi
- San Felipe Pueblocommunity, 14 mi
- Agua Friacommunity, 15 mi
- Tres Arroyoscommunity, 15 mi
- Las Campanascommunity, 15 mi