Citizen station DW8450DW8450
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/6,881 ft/408 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/New Mexico/Valencia
Now. Valencia is 38° and clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 33°. The dew point is 31°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest Sunday, near 63°. Rain is likely Wednesday (60%) and Thursday (67%). Rain is possible Tuesday (48%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:37 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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Valencia, New Mexico.
Air quality
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Santa Fe (NM), 17 miles off.
Yesterday measured 38, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Valencia, New MexicoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 7 instruments nearest Valencia, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Citizen station DW8450DW8450
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/6,881 ft/408 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
A remote fire weather station/8.0 mi away/8,530 ft/1,241 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-25 at RoweNM012
Beside a road/8.7 mi away/6,788 ft/501 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/17.1 mi away/6,345 ft/944 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
AlcaldeS2172
At a soil climate station/38.6 mi away/5,693 ft/1,596 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Santa Fe 11.1 SENM-SF-194
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/7,346 ft/57 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ranger StationPSSN5
At a fire lookout or ranger station/5.9 mi away/6,913 ft/376 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 17.1 mi from Valencia, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
37.0 F with a dew point of 31.0 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.
From the south (190 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Santa Fe Co. Muni, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Ranger Station (PSSN5), 5.9 miles from here, read 7 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.