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Manzano Springs, New Mexico

Community in Torrance County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Manzano Springs

Index 55, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Albuquerque (NM), 25 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Ozone31Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)55Moderate-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Manzano Springs

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Manzano Springs, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Manzano Springs, 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 now5 instruments

Oak Flats RAWSTJRN5

A remote fire weather station/5.5 mi away/7,595 ft/505 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank357of 956

Moriarty0E0

At an airfield/13.0 mi away/6,198 ft/892 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank895of 956

Los Lunas PMCS2169

At a soil climate station/32.6 mi away/4,846 ft/2,244 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank558of 956

measured daily2 instruments

Edgewood 9.9 SSWNM-BR-299

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/7,100 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

BoriartyMRYN5

At a cooperative observer's station/11.4 mi away/6,217 ft/873 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank16of 956

Station report

The weather at Moriarty, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.0 mi from Manzano Springs, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM 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 Moriarty, 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 0E0FIG. A THE SKY OVER MORIARTYSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMoriarty, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 0E0TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-0E0-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.8 F with a dew point of 31.0 F, 54 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Moriarty: temperature 46.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.0, 54 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 0E0FIG. B THE AIR AT MORIARTYTHE 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 3,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.6 FTEMPERATURE 46.8 FDEW POINT 31.0 FSPREAD 15.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 54 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 POINTTITLEMoriarty, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0E0TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-0E0-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (70 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Moriarty, north up: blowing from 70 degrees, the east northeast, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 31; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 0E0FIG. C THE WIND AT MORIARTYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 70°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 31 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMoriarty, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0E0TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-0E0-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Boriarty (MRYN5), 11.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New Mexico

18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Manzano Springs

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Manzano Springs

River and lake gauges