A snow pillow on a mountain/7.7 mi away/10,664 ft/3,042 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/New Mexico/Peñasco
Peñasco, New Mexico
Community in Taos 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.
38°
59°/29°
Clear·
Feels like 32°·Light breeze 8 mph NNE
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Peñasco until 8 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Peñasco is 38° and clear at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 32°. The dew point is 24°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 29° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is likely Wednesday (57%). Rain is possible Tuesday (47%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
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 south-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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
0Air quality
83%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
38feels32
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
5929
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
5728
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6028
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6134
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6136
14%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6139
47%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6241
57%
38°
59°29°
57°28°
60°28°
61°34°
61°36°
61°39°
62°41°
As of 11:00 PM in Peñasco, New Mexico.
Air quality
The air at Peñasco
Index 0, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Taos (NM), 16 miles off.
0Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 10, good.
GoodModerate
- 10YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Peñasco
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 Peñasco, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Peñasco, 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 Peñasco, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.7 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank517of 956
NM 68 at VelardeNM020
Beside a road/16.3 mi away/5,837 ft/1,785 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
AlcaldeS2172
At a soil climate station/21.1 mi away/5,693 ft/1,929 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Angel FireAXX
At an airfield/28.3 mi away/8,379 ft/757 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station EW4281EW4281
In a volunteer observer's own ground/32.1 mi away/6,898 ft/724 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Chamisal 4.7 SSENM-TS-56
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/7,839 ft/217 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/21.1 mi away/5,690 ft/1,932 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Angel Fire, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 28.3 mi from Peñasco, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
29.0 F with a dew point of 24.4 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up.
The wind
Calm.
The full report of Angel Fire, 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 Peñasco
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.