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Loco Hills, New Mexico

Community in Eddy County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Loco Hills

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Carlsbad (NM), 35 miles off.

27Good
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Loco Hills

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Loco Hills, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

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On the radar over Loco Hills, New MexicoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Loco Hills, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Caprock RAWSCPPN5

A remote fire weather station/10.5 mi away/4,183 ft/542 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank285of 956

ArtesiaATS

At an airfield/28.3 mi away/3,547 ft/94 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank564of 956

measured daily2 instruments

Artesia 6S Co-OpARTN5

At a cooperative observer's station/23.6 mi away/3,366 ft/275 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Artesia, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.3 mi from Loco Hills, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Artesia, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATSFIG. A THE SKY OVER ARTESIASECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEArtesia, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ATSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 58 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Artesia: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 58 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATSFIG. B THE AIR AT ARTESIATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.3 FTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 14.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 58 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEArtesia, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ATSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Artesia, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATSFIG. C THE WIND AT ARTESIAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEArtesia, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ATSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Artesia, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New Mexico

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