Storm Station
Sign in

Mescalero, New Mexico

Community in Otero County, New Mexico

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mescalero

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 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 Mescalero, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Mescalero, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Mescalero RAWSMSCN5

A remote fire weather station/2.4 mi away/6,188 ft/296 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank269of 956

measured daily2 instruments

Mescalero 1.8 ENM-OT-83

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/6,616 ft/132 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Cable TvCLDN5

At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/8,579 ft/2,095 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank80of 956

Station report

The weather at Alamogordo-White, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.7 mi from Mescalero, 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 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Alamogordo-White, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALMFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALAMOGORDO-WHITESECTION, 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: 9 MI0510TITLEAlamogordo-White, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ALMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 30 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Alamogordo-White: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 30 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALMFIG. B THE AIR AT ALAMOGORDO-WHITETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00010 F30 F50 F70 FSATURATES 7,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.3 FTEMPERATURE 64.4 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 32.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 30 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 POINTTITLEAlamogordo-White, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ALMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (80 degrees) at 24 mph, gusting 37 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 40 mph.

Plan of the wind at Alamogordo-White, north up: blowing from 80 degrees, the east, at 24 miles an hour, gusting 37; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALMFIG. C THE WIND AT ALAMOGORDO-WHITEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 80°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 37 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlamogordo-White, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ALMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

-

Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New Mexico

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

Near Mescalero

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

Near Mescalero

River and lake gauges