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Rio Rancho Estates, New Mexico

Community in Sandoval County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Rio Rancho Estates

Index 78, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Albuquerque (NM), 14 miles off.

78Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good10.6 mi
  • Ozone36Good35 ppb12.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)78Moderate10.6 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.9 ppb13.6 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb13.6 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm13.6 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Rio Rancho Estates

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 Rio Rancho Estates, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Rio Rancho Estates, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

I-40 at SR6NM001

Beside a road/29.7 mi away/5,560 ft/178 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank630of 956

Los Lunas PMCS2169

At a soil climate station/33.8 mi away/4,846 ft/892 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank558of 956

measured daily2 instruments

Rio Rancho 4.1 WNM-SN-175

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/5,774 ft/36 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Rio Rancho #2RRON5

At a cooperative observer's station/7.6 mi away/5,262 ft/476 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank479of 956

Station report

The weather at Albuquerque/Double Eagle Ii Apt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.1 mi from Rio Rancho Estates, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:50 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/Double Eagle Ii Apt, 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 AEGFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALBUQUERQUE/DOUBLE EAGLE II APTSECTION, 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/Double Eagle Ii Apt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AEGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AEG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

49.6 F with a dew point of 30.7 F, 48 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Albuquerque/Double Eagle Ii Apt: temperature 49.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.7, 48 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AEGFIG. B THE AIR AT ALBUQUERQUE/DOUBLE EAGLE II APTTHE 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 4,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.8 FTEMPERATURE 49.6 FDEW POINT 30.7 FSPREAD 18.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 48 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/Double Eagle Ii Apt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AEGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AEG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (140 degrees) at 15 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Albuquerque/Double Eagle Ii Apt, north up: blowing from 140 degrees, the southeast, at 15 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 AEGFIG. C THE WIND AT ALBUQUERQUE/DOUBLE EAGLE II APTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlbuquerque/Double Eagle Ii Apt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AEGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AEG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Albuquerque/Double Eagle Ii Apt, 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 Rio Rancho Estates

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

Near Rio Rancho Estates

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