Socorro 20 N03048
At a climate reference station/6.9 mi away/4,847 ft/179 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Weather/New Mexico/San Acacia
San Acacia, New Mexico
Community in Socorro County, New MexicoHigh Wind Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the High Wind Warning, east winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Lower Rio Grande Valley and Upper Tularosa Valley. * WHEN...For the High Wind Warning, until 9 AM MDT this morning. For the Freeze Watch, from late tonight through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The strongest wind gusts will be at and below canyon openings along the central mountain chain.
Take action to secure trash cans, lawn furniture, and other loose or lightweight outdoor objects. Extremely hazardous driving conditions can be expected, especially for motorists in high profile vehicles who should consider delaying travel. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
51°
65°/44°
Clear·
Feels like 51°·Moderate breeze 15 mph ENE
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for San Acacia until 9 AM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. San Acacia is 51° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east-northeast at 15 mph, gusting to 34 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 65° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. Rain is likely Thursday (54%). Rain is possible Wednesday (42%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:46 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
56%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
51feels51
15mph
Today
Oct 16
6544
18mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
6435
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6843
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7348
10%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7552
25%
15mph
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7554
42%
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
7354
54%
15mph
51°
65°44°
64°35°
68°43°
73°48°
75°52°
75°54°
73°54°
As of 3:00 AM in San Acacia, New Mexico.
Air quality
The air at San Acacia
Index 32, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Albuquerque (NM), 59 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
- Ozone28Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)32Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 39, good.
GoodModerate
- 39YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at San Acacia
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at San Acacia, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over San Acacia, New MexicoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest San Acacia, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.4 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank570of 956
Nm Socorro 20 NSVLN5
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.3 mi away/4,829 ft/161 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
SevilletaS2171
At a soil climate station/14.2 mi away/5,233 ft/565 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
SocorroONM
At an airfield/15.8 mi away/4,875 ft/207 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW0052FW0052
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.3 mi away/4,751 ft/83 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Polvadera 0.8 ENM-SC-32
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/4,648 ft/20 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SocorroSCRN5
At a cooperative observer's station/11.6 mi away/4,599 ft/69 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Socorro, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 15.8 mi from San Acacia, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
51.4 F with a dew point of 28.4 F, 41 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,200 ft up.
The wind
From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 8 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.
The full report of Socorro, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in New Mexico
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near San Acacia
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.