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Placitas, New Mexico

Community in Sandoval County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Placitas

Index 78, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Albuquerque (NM), 19 miles off.

78Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good9.6 mi
  • Ozone36Good35 ppb4.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)78Moderate9.6 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.9 ppb14.3 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb14.3 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm14.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Placitas

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Placitas, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Placitas, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

10K RAWSTEKN5

A remote fire weather station/7.7 mi away/10,049 ft/4,399 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank271of 956

Los Alamos 13 W03062

At a climate reference station/36.9 mi away/8,716 ft/3,066 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank570of 956

measured daily2 instruments

Placitas 2.2 WNWNM-SN-119

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/5,781 ft/131 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Albuquerque INTL, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.7 mi from Placitas, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:52 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Albuquerque INTL, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ABQFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALBUQUERQUE INTLSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAlbuquerque INTL, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ABQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ABQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 45 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Albuquerque INTL: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 45 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ABQFIG. B THE AIR AT ALBUQUERQUE INTLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.6 FTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 21.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 45 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 POINTTITLEAlbuquerque INTL, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ABQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ABQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (100 degrees) at 26 mph, gusting 41 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 48 mph.

Plan of the wind at Albuquerque INTL, north up: blowing from 100 degrees, the east, at 26 miles an hour, gusting 41; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ABQFIG. C THE WIND AT ALBUQUERQUE INTLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 100°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE39GUST, 41 MPH9STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlbuquerque INTL, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ABQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ABQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Albuquerque INTL, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Bernalillo - Jemez Dam (BRNN5), 6.5 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 Placitas

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Placitas

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