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Santa Clara, New Mexico

Village in Grant County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Santa Clara

Index 5, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Deming (NM), 44 miles off.

5Good
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 8, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Santa Clara

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 Santa Clara, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Santa Clara, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Fort BayardFTBN5

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.2 mi away/6,119 ft/143 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank933of 956

measured daily2 instruments

Santa Clara 0.2 SENM-GR-69

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/5,960 ft/16 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Silver City 3NSICN5

At a cooperative observer's station/8.0 mi away/6,168 ft/192 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank632of 956

Station report

The weather at Silver City/Grant, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.7 mi from Santa Clara, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 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 Silver City/Grant, 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 SVCFIG. A THE SKY OVER SILVER CITY/GRANTSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESilver City/Grant, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SVCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SVC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

61.0 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 33 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Silver City/Grant: temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 33 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SVCFIG. B THE AIR AT SILVER CITY/GRANTTHE 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 FSATURATES 6,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.0 FTEMPERATURE 61.0 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 29.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 33 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 POINTTITLESilver City/Grant, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SVCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SVC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (70 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Silver City/Grant, north up: blowing from 70 degrees, the east northeast, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SVCFIG. C THE WIND AT SILVER CITY/GRANTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 70°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESilver City/Grant, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SVCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SVC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Silver City/Grant, 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 Santa Clara

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

Near Santa Clara

River and lake gauges