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Middle Mesa, New Mexico

Community in San Juan County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Middle Mesa

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Southern Ute Indian Reservation (CO), 41 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good12.4 mi
  • Ozone20Good15 ppb12.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good12.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.5 ppb12.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Middle Mesa

None in the last 24 hours; 0.81 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.81in

Visibility

How far you can see at Middle Mesa, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Middle Mesa, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Dulce 1 NW03075

At a climate reference station/27.7 mi away/6,806 ft/271 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Navajo DamBLNN5

At a dam/13.8 mi away/6,165 ft/370 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank634of 956

Aztec 9.9 NENM-SJ-38

In a volunteer observer's own ground/21.6 mi away/5,842 ft/693 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank486of 956

Station report

The weather at Albino Canyon RAWS Near Cedar Hill 15ENE, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 7.4 mi from Middle Mesa, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:26 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 31.2 F, 50 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Albino Canyon RAWS Near Cedar Hill 15ENE: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.2, 50 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CWRN5FIG. B THE AIR AT ALBINO CANYON RAWS NEAR CEDAR HILL 15ENETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.4 FTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 31.2 FSPREAD 17.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 50 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 POINTTITLEAlbino Canyon RAWS Near Cedar Hill 15ENE, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP CWRN5TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CWRN5-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (67 degrees) at 6 mph, gusting 11 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 13 mph.

Plan of the wind at Albino Canyon RAWS Near Cedar Hill 15ENE, north up: blowing from 67 degrees, the east northeast, at 6 miles an hour, gusting 11; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CWRN5FIG. C THE WIND AT ALBINO CANYON RAWS NEAR CEDAR HILL 15ENEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 67°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 11 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlbino Canyon RAWS Near Cedar Hill 15ENE, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP CWRN5TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CWRN5-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 7,139 ft above sea level, 23 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 22.97 inHg and the temperature at 33.5 F; it reports 49.0 F, 15.5 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Albino Canyon RAWS Near Cedar Hill 15ENE stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 7,139 feet above sea level with 23 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 22.97 inches of mercury, and temperature, 33.5 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CWRN5FIG. D WHERE ALBINO CANYON RAWS NEAR CEDAR HILL 15ENE STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,00020,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREALBINO CANYON RAWS NEAR CEDAR HILL 15ENE23 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT7,139 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FT50 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 17,970 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE22.97 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE33.5 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED49.0 FTITLEAlbino Canyon RAWS Near Cedar Hill 15ENE, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP CWRN5TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CWRN5-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Albino Canyon RAWS Near Cedar Hill 15ENE, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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