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Silver City, New Mexico

Town in Grant County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Silver City

Index 6, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Deming (NM), 48 miles off.

6Good
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 8, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Silver City

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Silver City, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Silver City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Fort BayardFTBN5

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.0 mi away/6,119 ft/117 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank933of 956

measured daily2 instruments

Silver City 0.3 WNWNM-GR-132

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.0 mi away/6,010 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Silver City 3NSICN5

At a cooperative observer's station/2.4 mi away/6,168 ft/166 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, 12.3 mi from Silver City, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 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

59.0 F with a dew point of 33.8 F, 39 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Silver City/Grant: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.8, 39 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,700 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 5,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.5 FTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 33.8 FSPREAD 25.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 39 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 (60 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Silver City/Grant, north up: blowing from 60 degrees, the east northeast, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh 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 60°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 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 Silver City

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

Near Silver City

River and lake gauges