NM 599 at I-25NM015
Beside a road/2.0 mi away/6,217 ft/78 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Weather/New Mexico/La Cienega
La Cienega, 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.
41°
61°/34°
Clear·
Feels like 38°·Light breeze 5 mph SSE
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for La Cienega until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. La Cienega is 41° and clear at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 61° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. 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 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. Rain is likely Wednesday (61%) and Thursday (62%). Rain is possible Tuesday (47%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:38 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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
26Air quality
68%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
41feels38
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6134
12mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6431
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6438
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6843
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6846
47%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6947
61%
Thu
Oct 22
6748
62%
41°
61°34°
64°31°
64°38°
68°43°
68°46°
69°47°
67°48°
As of 1:00 AM in La Cienega, New Mexico.
Air quality
The air at La Cienega
Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Santa Fe (NM), 2 miles off.
26Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good2.4 mi
- Ozone26Good24 ppb2.4 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at La Cienega
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. 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 Cienega, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over La Cienega, 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 Cienega, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
Rank900of 956
At an airfield/2.2 mi away/6,345 ft/206 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station DW9425DW9425
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/6,423 ft/284 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Galisteo Reservoir Near Cerrillos, N. Mex.08317900
At a reservoir/10.4 mi away/5,496 ft/643 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Los Alamos 13 W03062
At a climate reference station/29.6 mi away/8,716 ft/2,577 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
AlcaldeS2172
At a soil climate station/34.8 mi away/5,693 ft/446 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Santa Fe 10.6 WSWNM-SF-224
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/6,193 ft/54 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Santa FeSTFN5
At a cooperative observer's station/7.5 mi away/6,718 ft/579 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Santa Fe Co. Muni, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 2.2 mi from La Cienega, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
40.0 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up.
The wind
From the south (190 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.
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 Cienega
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Valle Vistacommunity, 3 mi
- Agua Friacommunity, 7 mi
- Tres Arroyoscommunity, 8 mi
- La Bajadacommunity, 8 mi
- Arroyo Hondocommunity, 9 mi
- Las Campanascommunity, 9 mi
- Seton Villagecommunity, 9 mi
- Conejocommunity, 10 mi
- Sunlit Hillscommunity, 10 mi
- Eldorado at Santa Fecommunity, 11 mi
- Los Cerrilloscommunity, 11 mi
- Santa Fecity, 12 mi