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At a river or reservoir gauge/1.2 mi away/4,940 ft/6 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/New Mexico/South Valley
South Valley, New Mexico
Community in Bernalillo County, New Mexico* WHAT...For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Middle Rio Grande Valley including the Albuquerque Metro Area, and South Central Highlands. * WHEN...From late tonight through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
48°
67°/44°
Clear·
Feels like 42°·Moderate breeze 14 mph SE
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for South Valley until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. South Valley is 48° and clear at 6 AM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the southeast at 14 mph, gusting to 43 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, 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 66°. Thunderstorms is likely Thursday (63%). Rain is possible Tuesday (30%) and Wednesday (49%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:31 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:42 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
30Air quality
52%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
48feels42
14mph
Today
Oct 16
6744
15mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6636
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6847
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7351
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7555
30%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7457
49%
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
7357
63%
16mph
48°
67°44°
66°36°
68°47°
73°51°
75°55°
74°57°
73°57°
As of 6:00 AM in South Valley, New Mexico.
Air quality
The air at South Valley
Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Albuquerque (NM), 3 miles off.
30Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good2.2 mi
- Ozone30Good37 ppb2.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)26Good2.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.6 ppb2.2 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb8.5 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm2.2 mi
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 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at South Valley
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 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 South Valley, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over South Valley, 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 South Valley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank302of 956
At an airfield/3.9 mi away/5,315 ft/381 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station EW4986EW4986
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/5,145 ft/211 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Los Lunas PMCS2169
At a soil climate station/19.0 mi away/4,846 ft/88 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
I-40 WB at Sedillo MP 181NM010
Beside a road/23.2 mi away/7,043 ft/2,109 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Albuquerque 6.5 SWNM-BR-279
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/4,940 ft/6 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Albuquerque 5NW - Rio Grande Nature CenterRGNN5
In a park or preserve/6.3 mi away/4,975 ft/41 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Albuquerque INTL, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 3.9 mi from South Valley, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
47.0 F with a dew point of 30.0 F, 51 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,800 ft up.
The wind
From the east (100 degrees) at 25 mph, gusting 43 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 48 mph.
The full report of Albuquerque INTL, 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 South Valley
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Pajaritoski area, 4 mi
- Albuquerquecity, 4 mi
- Pajarito Mesacommunity, 6 mi
- Kirtland AFBcommunity, 8 mi
- Los Ranchos de Albuquerquevillage, 9 mi
- Isletacommunity, 9 mi
- North Valleycommunity, 10 mi
- Paradise Hillscommunity, 11 mi
- Chicalcommunity, 12 mi
- Bosque Farmsvillage, 13 mi
- Edith Enclavecommunity, 13 mi
- Carnuelcommunity, 14 mi