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Tularosa, New Mexico

Village in Otero County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Tularosa

Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Las Cruces (NM), 69 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-
  • Ozone34Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Tularosa

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 Tularosa, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Tularosa, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Mescalero RAWSMSCN5

A remote fire weather station/12.3 mi away/6,188 ft/1,675 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank269of 956

Holloman AFBHMN

At an airfield/16.4 mi away/4,094 ft/419 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank281of 956

measured daily2 instruments

Tularosa 0.2 ESENM-OT-50

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/4,524 ft/11 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Mountain ParkMTPN5

At a cooperative observer's station/14.0 mi away/6,854 ft/2,341 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Holloman AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.4 mi from Tularosa, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:55 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 Holloman AFB, 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 HMNFIG. A THE SKY OVER HOLLOMAN AFBSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEHolloman AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HMNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HMN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

66.0 F with a dew point of 35.0 F, 32 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Holloman AFB: temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.0, 32 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HMNFIG. B THE AIR AT HOLLOMAN AFBTHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 7,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.5 FTEMPERATURE 66.0 FDEW POINT 35.0 FSPREAD 31.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 32 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 POINTTITLEHolloman AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HMNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HMN-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: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Holloman AFB, north up: blowing from 60 degrees, the east northeast, at 21 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HMNFIG. C THE WIND AT HOLLOMAN AFBPLAN, 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 BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHolloman AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HMNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HMN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Holloman AFB, 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 Tularosa

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

Near Tularosa

River and lake gauges