Citizen station FW8496FW8496
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/6,897 ft/312 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/New Mexico/La Tierra
La Tierra, 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.
38°
64°/32°
Clear·
Feels like 34°·Light breeze 6 mph S
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for La Tierra until 9 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. La Tierra is 38° and clear at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 34°. The dew point is 18°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 63° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 Friday, near 62°. Rain or snow is likely Tuesday (58%), Wednesday (64%), Thursday (74%) and Friday (83%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 43% lit, and sets at 11:35 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 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
35Air quality
41%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
38feels34
now, clear
Today
Oct 17
6432
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6439
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6743
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6747
58%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
6948
64%
Thu
Oct 22
6750
74%
Fri
Oct 23
6247
83%
UV 6
38°
64°32°
64°39°
67°43°
67°47°
69°48°
67°50°
62°47°
As of 12:00 AM in La Tierra, New Mexico.
Air quality
The air at La Tierra
Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Santa Fe (NM), 9 miles off.
35Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good9.3 mi
- Ozone35Good36 ppb9.3 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 38, good.
GoodModerate
- 38YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at La Tierra
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 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 Tierra, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over La Tierra, 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 Tierra, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
Rank889of 950
US 285 at TesuqueNM017
Beside a road/5.5 mi away/6,824 ft/239 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/9.5 mi away/6,345 ft/240 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
A remote fire weather station/11.1 mi away/8,530 ft/1,945 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
AlcaldeS2172
At a soil climate station/23.6 mi away/5,693 ft/892 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Los Alamos 13 W03062
At a climate reference station/27.7 mi away/8,716 ft/2,131 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Santa Fe 7.7 WNWNM-SF-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/6,512 ft/73 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Santa FeSTFN5
At a cooperative observer's station/9.7 mi away/6,718 ft/133 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Santa Fe Co. Muni, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 9.5 mi from La Tierra, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 16, 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
39.0 F with a dew point of 18.0 F, 42 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,700 ft up.
The wind
From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 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 Tierra
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Las Campanascommunity, 3 mi
- Tano Roadcommunity, 3 mi
- Tres Arroyoscommunity, 5 mi
- Tesuque Pueblocommunity, 5 mi
- Peak Placecommunity, 6 mi
- Tesuquecommunity, 7 mi
- Agua Friacommunity, 7 mi
- Santa Fecity, 7 mi
- Cuyamungue Grantcommunity, 7 mi
- Encantadocommunity, 8 mi
- Chupaderocommunity, 8 mi
- Cuyamunguecommunity, 8 mi