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Sacramento, New Mexico

Community in Otero County, New Mexico

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sacramento

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sacramento, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sacramento, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Mayhill RAWSMAYN5

A remote fire weather station/14.2 mi away/7,047 ft/672 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank258of 956

measured daily2 instruments

Sacramento 0.4 SNM-OT-73

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/7,413 ft/306 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Cable TvCLDN5

At a cooperative observer's station/16.5 mi away/8,579 ft/860 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank80of 956

Station report

The weather at Alamogordo-White, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 25.0 mi from Sacramento, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Alamogordo-White, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALMFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALAMOGORDO-WHITESECTION, 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: 9 MI0510TITLEAlamogordo-White, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ALMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 33.8 F, 32 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Alamogordo-White: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.8, 32 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALMFIG. B THE AIR AT ALAMOGORDO-WHITETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 6,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.4 FTEMPERATURE 64.4 FDEW POINT 33.8 FSPREAD 30.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 32 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 POINTTITLEAlamogordo-White, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ALMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (90 degrees) at 26 mph, gusting 36 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 40 mph.

Plan of the wind at Alamogordo-White, north up: blowing from 90 degrees, the east, at 26 miles an hour, gusting 36; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALMFIG. C THE WIND AT ALAMOGORDO-WHITEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 90°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE32GUST, 36 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlamogordo-White, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ALMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Alamogordo-White, 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 Sacramento

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

Near Sacramento

River and lake gauges