I-25 at La BajadaNM011
Beside a road/7.5 mi away/5,699 ft/464 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Weather/New Mexico/Peña Blanca
Peña Blanca, New Mexico
Community in Sandoval County, New Mexico* WHAT...For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, and northwest New Mexico. * WHEN...From late tonight 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.
45°
66°/39°
Clear·
Feels like 40°·Gentle breeze 11 mph ENE
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Peña Blanca until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Peña Blanca is 45° and clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 65° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° 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 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 68°. Rain is likely Wednesday (59%) and Thursday (66%). Rain is possible Tuesday (42%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:39 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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
65%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
45feels40
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6639
12mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6836
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6844
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7248
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7352
42%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7354
59%
Thu
Oct 22
7154
66%
45°
66°39°
68°36°
68°44°
72°48°
73°52°
73°54°
71°54°
As of 3:00 AM in Peña Blanca, New Mexico.
Air quality
The air at Peña Blanca
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Santa Fe (NM), 15 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good15 mi
- Ozone21Good23 ppb15 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 38, good.
GoodModerate
- 38YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Peña Blanca
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Peña Blanca, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Peña Blanca, 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 Peña Blanca, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
Rank778of 956
Galisteo Reservoir Near Cerrillos, N. Mex.08317900
At a reservoir/10.6 mi away/5,496 ft/261 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/14.3 mi away/6,345 ft/1,110 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station DW9425DW9425
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.0 mi away/6,423 ft/1,188 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Los Alamos 13 W03062
At a climate reference station/21.7 mi away/8,716 ft/3,481 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
AlcaldeS2172
At a soil climate station/39.1 mi away/5,693 ft/458 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Santo Domingo Pueblo 0.6 ENENM-SN-171
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/5,212 ft/23 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a dam/17.2 mi away/5,398 ft/163 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Santa Fe Co. Muni, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 14.3 mi from Peña Blanca, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
37.0 F with a dew point of 31.0 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.
The wind
From the south (190 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
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
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Bernalillo - Jemez Dam (BRNN5), 17.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in New Mexico
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Peña Blanca
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Cochiticommunity, 3 mi
- Santo Domingo Pueblocommunity, 4 mi
- Cochiti Lakecommunity, 5 mi
- La Bajadacommunity, 5 mi
- San Felipe Pueblocommunity, 12 mi
- La Cienegacommunity, 13 mi
- Los Cerrilloscommunity, 15 mi
- Madridcommunity, 15 mi
- Valle Vistacommunity, 16 mi
- Algodonescommunity, 16 mi
- Ponderosacommunity, 18 mi
- White Rockcommunity, 19 mi