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Socorro, New Mexico

City in Socorro County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Socorro

Index 78, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Albuquerque (NM), 72 miles off.

78Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good-
  • Ozone36Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)78Moderate-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Socorro

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

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Socorro, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Socorro, 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 now5 instruments

SocorroONM

At an airfield/2.9 mi away/4,875 ft/268 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank553of 956

Socorro 20 N03048

At a climate reference station/19.7 mi away/4,847 ft/240 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank570of 956

SevilletaS2171

At a soil climate station/23.5 mi away/5,233 ft/626 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank620of 956

measured daily2 instruments

Socorro 0.7 NNM-SC-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/4,606 ft/1 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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SocorroSCRN5

At a cooperative observer's station/1.6 mi away/4,599 ft/8 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Socorro, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.9 mi from Socorro, 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 Socorro, 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 ONMFIG. A THE SKY OVER SOCORROSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESocorro, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ONMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ONM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

57.4 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 38 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 Socorro: temperature 57.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 38 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 ONMFIG. B THE AIR AT SOCORROTHE 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 26.7 FTEMPERATURE 57.4 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 25.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 38 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 POINTTITLESocorro, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ONMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ONM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (50 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Socorro, north up: blowing from 50 degrees, the northeast, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ONMFIG. C THE WIND AT SOCORROPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 50°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESocorro, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ONMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ONM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Socorro, 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 Socorro

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

Near Socorro

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