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Playas, New Mexico

Community in Hidalgo County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Playas

Index 5, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Deming (NM), 53 miles off.

5Good
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 8, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Playas

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 Playas, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Playas, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 15.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Hatchet RanchHHRN5

On a farm or research station/18.5 mi away/4,291 ft/237 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank285of 956

LordsburgLSB

At an airfield/30.5 mi away/4,274 ft/254 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank216of 956

measured daily1 instrument

Animas 0.8 ENM-HD-38

In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.7 mi away/4,410 ft/118 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Lordsburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 30.5 mi from Playas, 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.

Section of the sky over Lordsburg, 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 LSBFIG. A THE SKY OVER LORDSBURGSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELordsburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LSBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LSB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 30.2 F, 28 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lordsburg: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.2, 28 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LSBFIG. B THE AIR AT LORDSBURGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00010 F30 F50 F70 FSATURATES 7,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 23.2 FTEMPERATURE 64.4 FDEW POINT 30.2 FSPREAD 34.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 28 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 POINTTITLELordsburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LSBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LSB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (90 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lordsburg, north up: blowing from 90 degrees, the east, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LSBFIG. C THE WIND AT LORDSBURGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 90°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELordsburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LSBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LSB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New Mexico

18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Playas

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

Near Playas

River and lake gauges