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Purty Rock, New Mexico

Community in McKinley County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Purty Rock

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Chaco Culture National Historical Park (NM), 67 miles off.

30Good
  • Ozone30Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Purty Rock

None in the last 24 hours; 0.22 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.22in

Visibility

How far you can see at Purty Rock, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Purty Rock, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Gallup 0.4 NNENM-MK-28

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.5 mi away/6,604 ft/225 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank851of 956

Station report

The weather at Gallup Muni/Clarke, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.1 mi from Purty Rock, 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.

Section of the sky over Gallup Muni/Clarke, 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 GUPFIG. A THE SKY OVER GALLUP MUNI/CLARKESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEGallup Muni/Clarke, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GUPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GUP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

40.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 85 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Gallup Muni/Clarke: temperature 40.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 85 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GUPFIG. B THE AIR AT GALLUP MUNI/CLARKETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.1 FTEMPERATURE 40.0 FDEW POINT 36.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 85 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 POINTTITLEGallup Muni/Clarke, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GUPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GUP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (90 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Gallup Muni/Clarke, north up: blowing from 90 degrees, the east, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GUPFIG. C THE WIND AT GALLUP MUNI/CLARKEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 90°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGallup Muni/Clarke, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GUPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GUP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Gallup Muni/Clarke, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Gallup Sand And Gravel (GLPN5), 8.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New Mexico

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

Near Purty Rock

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

Near Purty Rock

River and lake gauges