Citizen station EW5655EW5655
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.2 mi away/4,227 ft/388 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/New Mexico/Mesquite
Mesquite, New Mexico
Community in Doña Ana County, New MexicoBlowing Dust Advisory, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Wind Advisory, northeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. For the Blowing Dust Advisory, visibility between one-quarter and one mile in blowing dust possible. * WHERE...Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley and West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands Counties. * WHEN...For the Wind Advisory, until noon MDT Friday. For the Blowing Dust Advisory, until 9 AM MDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility. Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Persons with respiratory problems should make preparations to stay indoors until the storm passes. Be ready for a sudden drop in visibility to near zero. If you encounter blowing dust or blowing sand on the roadway or see it approaching, pull off the road as far as possible and put your vehicle in park. Turn the lights all the way off and keep foot off the brake pedal. Remember, 'Pull Aside, Stay Alive'. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
62°
67°/54°
Clear·
Feels like 62°·Moderate breeze 18 mph ENE
Alert. A Blowing Dust Advisory is in force for Mesquite until 9 AM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Mesquite is 62° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east-northeast at 18 mph, gusting to 33 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 65° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 6 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 Tuesday, near 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. Rain is possible Wednesday (39%) and Thursday (44%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:33 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:51 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
38%Humidity
6%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
62feels62
18mph
Today
Oct 16
6754
25mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6445
16mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7146
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7855
10%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8160
28%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
8161
39%
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7961
44%
UV 6
62°
67°54°
64°45°
71°46°
78°55°
81°60°
81°61°
79°61°
As of 12:00 AM in Mesquite, New Mexico.
Air quality
The air at Mesquite
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Las Cruces (NM), 11 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good10.3 mi
- Ozone31Good31 ppb11.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-11.3 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 31, good.
GoodModerate
- 31YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Mesquite
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Mesquite, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Mesquite, New MexicoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Mesquite, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank804of 956
A remote fire weather station/12.4 mi away/5,850 ft/2,011 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/16.0 mi away/4,455 ft/616 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Jornada Exp RangeS2168
At a soil climate station/27.0 mi away/4,360 ft/521 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Las Cruces 20 N03074
At a climate reference station/30.8 mi away/4,327 ft/488 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
University Park 6.3 SSENM-DA-104
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/3,839 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
State UniversitySTCN5
On a college campus/8.8 mi away/3,944 ft/105 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Las Cruces INTL, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 16.0 mi from Mesquite, 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.
The air
60.8 F with a dew point of 35.0 F, 38 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,800 ft up.
The wind
Calm.
The full report of Las Cruces INTL, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at State University (STCN5), 8.8 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:30. measured daily
Elsewhere in New Mexico
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Mesquite
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- San Miguelcommunity, 2 mi
- Vadocommunity, 3 mi
- La Mesacommunity, 3 mi
- San Pablocommunity, 8 mi
- Berinocommunity, 8 mi
- Tortugascommunity, 8 mi
- University Parkcommunity, 9 mi
- Chamberinocommunity, 9 mi
- Mesillatown, 9 mi
- Las Crucescity, 12 mi
- Anthonycity, 12 mi
- Fairacrescommunity, 13 mi