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San Rafael, New Mexico

Community in Cibola County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at San Rafael

Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Chaco Culture National Historical Park (NM), 64 miles off.

36Good
  • Ozone36Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 6 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at San Rafael

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at San Rafael, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 6 PM, lowest 5 miles Sun 4 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest San Rafael, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

ThoreauS2233

At a soil climate station/26.2 mi away/7,065 ft/594 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank588of 950

measured daily2 instruments

Grants 0.4 ENENM-CB-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/6,460 ft/11 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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CuberoCBRN5

At a cooperative observer's station/20.8 mi away/6,237 ft/234 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Grants-Milan Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.0 mi from San Rafael, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:15 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 Grants-Milan Muni, 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 GNTFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRANTS-MILAN MUNISECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEGrants-Milan Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GNTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-GNT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

42.0 F with a dew point of 19.4 F, 40 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Grants-Milan Muni: temperature 42.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 19.4, 40 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GNTFIG. B THE AIR AT GRANTS-MILAN MUNITHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0000 F10 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 5,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 14.8 FTEMPERATURE 42.0 FDEW POINT 19.4 FSPREAD 22.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 40 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 POINTTITLEGrants-Milan Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GNTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-GNT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (140 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grants-Milan Muni, north up: blowing from 140 degrees, the southeast, at 10 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 GNTFIG. C THE WIND AT GRANTS-MILAN MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrants-Milan Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GNTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-GNT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Grants-Milan Muni, 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 San Rafael

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

Near San Rafael

River and lake gauges