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Midway, New Mexico

Community in Chaves County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Midway

Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Carlsbad (NM), 64 miles off.

36Good
  • Ozone36Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Midway

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Midway, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Midway, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Roswell 5.8 ESENM-CH-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/3,536 ft/39 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Artesia 6S Co-OpARTN5

At a cooperative observer's station/36.0 mi away/3,366 ft/209 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at 8 Mile Draw Near, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 25.8 mi from Midway, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:37 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 36.6 F, 48 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at 8 Mile Draw Near: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.6, 48 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT REMN5FIG. B THE AIR AT 8 MILE DRAW NEARTHE 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 F70 FSATURATES 4,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.5 FTEMPERATURE 56.0 FDEW POINT 36.6 FSPREAD 19.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 48 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 POINTTITLE8 Mile Draw Near, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP REMN5TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-REMN5-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (28 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 36 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at 8 Mile Draw Near, north up: blowing from 28 degrees, the north northeast, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 36; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT REMN5FIG. C THE WIND AT 8 MILE DRAW NEARPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 28°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 36 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLE8 Mile Draw Near, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP REMN5TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-REMN5-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 3,707 ft above sea level, 13 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 26.12 inHg and the temperature at 45.8 F; it reports 56.0 F, 10.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where 8 Mile Draw Near stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3,707 feet above sea level with 13 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 26.12 inches of mercury, and temperature, 45.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT REMN5FIG. D WHERE 8 MILE DRAW NEAR STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERE8 MILE DRAW NEAR13 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3,707 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 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE26.12 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE45.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED56.0 FTITLE8 Mile Draw Near, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP REMN5TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-REMN5-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of 8 Mile Draw Near, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New Mexico

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

Near Midway

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

Near Midway

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