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Pinos Altos, New Mexico

Community in Grant County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Pinos Altos

Index 144, unhealthy for sensitive groups, led by coarse particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Deming (NM), 51 miles off.

144Unhealthy for sensitive groups
  • Coarse particles (PM10)144Unhealthy for sensitive groups-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Pinos Altos

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Pinos Altos, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Pinos Altos, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Silver City 3NSICN5

At a cooperative observer's station/4.8 mi away/6,168 ft/827 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank632of 956

Station report

The weather at Silver City/Grant, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.2 mi from Pinos Altos, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 8,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Silver City/Grant, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SVCFIG. A THE SKY OVER SILVER CITY/GRANTSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 8,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESilver City/Grant, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SVCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SVC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

52.3 F with a dew point of 31.0 F, 44 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 8,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Silver City/Grant: temperature 52.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.0, 44 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 8,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SVCFIG. B THE AIR AT SILVER CITY/GRANTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 8,000 FTTEMPERATURE 52.3 FDEW POINT 31.0 FSPREAD 21.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 44 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 POINTTITLESilver City/Grant, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SVCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SVC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (70 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Silver City/Grant, north up: blowing from 70 degrees, the east northeast, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SVCFIG. C THE WIND AT SILVER CITY/GRANTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 70°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESilver City/Grant, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SVCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SVC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Silver City/Grant, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New Mexico

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