US 285 at TesuqueNM017
Beside a road/1.1 mi away/6,824 ft/178 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Weather/New Mexico/Peak Place
Peak Place, New Mexico
Community in Santa Fe County, New Mexico* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 possible. * WHERE...Eastern Lincoln County, San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands, De Baca County, Guadalupe County, Quay County, Espanola Valley, Santa Fe Metro Area, Eastern San Miguel County, and Northwest Plateau. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
48°
65°/36°
Clear·
Feels like 46°·Light breeze 5 mph NNE
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Peak Place until 8 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Peak Place is 48° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 7 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 week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. Rain is likely Wednesday (62%). Rain is possible Tuesday (49%). The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 32°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
34Air quality
50%Humidity
7%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
48feels46
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6536
16mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
6034
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6332
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6339
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6643
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
6746
49%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6747
62%
48°
65°36°
60°34°
63°32°
63°39°
66°43°
67°46°
67°47°
As of 10:00 PM in Peak Place, New Mexico.
Air quality
The air at Peak Place
Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Santa Fe (NM), 14 miles off.
34Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good13.6 mi
- Ozone34Good31 ppb13.6 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Peak Place
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 Peak Place, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Peak Place, New MexicoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 8 instruments nearest Peak Place, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
Rank560of 956
Citizen station EW4281EW4281
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/6,898 ft/252 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
A remote fire weather station/8.6 mi away/8,530 ft/1,884 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/14.0 mi away/6,345 ft/301 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
AlcaldeS2172
At a soil climate station/22.3 mi away/5,693 ft/953 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Los Alamos 13 W03062
At a climate reference station/32.7 mi away/8,716 ft/2,070 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Santa Fe 2.4 NNM-SF-88
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/7,213 ft/567 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Santa FeSTFN5
At a cooperative observer's station/11.3 mi away/6,718 ft/72 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Santa Fe Co. Muni, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 14.0 mi from Peak Place, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
47.0 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 56 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,400 ft up.
The wind
From the south (170 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.
The full report of Santa Fe Co. Muni, 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 Peak Place
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Tesuquecommunity, 2 mi
- Chupaderocommunity, 2 mi
- Tesuque Pueblocommunity, 3 mi
- Rio en Mediocommunity, 4 mi
- Tano Roadcommunity, 4 mi
- Cuyamungue Grantcommunity, 5 mi
- Hyde Parkcommunity, 6 mi
- La Tierracommunity, 6 mi
- Santa Fecity, 6 mi
- Cuyamunguecommunity, 7 mi
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