NM 68 at VelardeNM020
Beside a road/11.2 mi away/5,837 ft/473 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Weather/New Mexico/Ojo Caliente
Ojo Caliente, New Mexico
Community in Taos County, New Mexico* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, northwest, and southeast New Mexico. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Across the Northwest Plateau, areas around Farmington are not expected to fall below freezing, however, areas south of Burnham are likely to experience a freeze. Similarly, the Albuquerque Sunport and much of the northeast Albuquerque Heights will not experience a freeze, but areas around Belen, Los Lunas, the Albuquerque Valley and locations near Double Eagle Airport are likely to freeze.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
55°
63°/34°
Clear·
Feels like 55°·Light breeze 5 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Ojo Caliente until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Ojo Caliente is 55° and clear at 12 PM. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 60° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. 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 Wednesday, near 68°, and the coolest Sunday, near 64°. Rain or snow is likely Wednesday (52%) and Thursday (70%). Rain is possible Tuesday (32%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:35 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
7UV High
11Air quality
37%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
55feels55
UV 7
Today
Oct 16
6334
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6533
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6439
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6743
11%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6746
32%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6847
52%
Thu
Oct 22
6649
70%
55°
63°34°
65°33°
64°39°
67°43°
67°46°
68°47°
66°49°
As of 12:00 PM in Ojo Caliente, New Mexico.
Air quality
The air at Ojo Caliente
Index 11, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Taos (NM), 26 miles off.
11Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 5, good.
GoodModerate
- 5YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 6 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ojo Caliente
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. 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 Ojo Caliente, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Ojo Caliente, 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 Ojo Caliente, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.1 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank629of 956
Alcalde ScanALDN5
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.5 mi away/5,693 ft/617 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
AlcaldeS2172
At a soil climate station/14.5 mi away/5,693 ft/617 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Citizen station GW0084GW0084
In a volunteer observer's own ground/31.1 mi away/7,091 ft/781 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Los AlamosLAM
At an airfield/31.8 mi away/7,149 ft/839 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Alcalde 19 NNM-RA-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/6,480 ft/170 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/14.5 mi away/5,690 ft/620 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Los Alamos, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 31.8 mi from Ojo Caliente, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
48.0 F with a dew point of 28.0 F, 46 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,500 ft up.
The wind
At 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.
The full report of Los Alamos, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in New Mexico
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Ojo Caliente
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.