Citizen station FW8496FW8496
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/6,897 ft/217 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/New Mexico/Las Campanas
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Las Campanas until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Las Campanas is 40° and clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 35°. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 60° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° 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 68°, and the coolest Sunday, near 63°. Rain is likely Wednesday (59%) and Thursday (66%). Rain is possible Tuesday (41%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:37 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Las Campanas, New Mexico.
Air quality
Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Santa Fe (NM), 7 miles off.
Yesterday measured 13, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Las Campanas, New MexicoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 8 instruments nearest Las Campanas, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
Citizen station FW8496FW8496
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/6,897 ft/217 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
US 285 at TesuqueNM017
Beside a road/6.7 mi away/6,824 ft/144 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/7.0 mi away/6,345 ft/335 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
A remote fire weather station/10.3 mi away/8,530 ft/1,850 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
AlcaldeS2172
At a soil climate station/26.2 mi away/5,693 ft/987 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Los Alamos 13 W03062
At a climate reference station/28.3 mi away/8,716 ft/2,036 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Santa Fe 5.6 WNWNM-SF-118
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/6,596 ft/84 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Santa FeSTFN5
At a cooperative observer's station/7.4 mi away/6,718 ft/38 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 7.0 mi from Las Campanas, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
37.0 F with a dew point of 31.0 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.
From the south (190 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light 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
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Snow on the ground
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.