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Vanderwagen, New Mexico

Community in McKinley County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Vanderwagen

Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Chaco Culture National Historical Park (NM), 71 miles off.

34Good
  • Ozone34Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 6 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Vanderwagen

None in the last 24 hours; 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.09in

Visibility

How far you can see at Vanderwagen, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Vanderwagen, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ThoreauS2233

At a soil climate station/34.2 mi away/7,065 ft/109 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank598of 956

measured daily2 instruments

Vanderwagen 7.5 WNWNM-MK-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/7,068 ft/106 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ZuniZUNN5

At a cooperative observer's station/14.8 mi away/6,293 ft/881 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Gallup Muni/Clarke, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.5 mi from Vanderwagen, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:53 AM 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 Gallup Muni/Clarke, 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 GUPFIG. A THE SKY OVER GALLUP MUNI/CLARKESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEGallup Muni/Clarke, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GUPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GUP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

55.0 F with a dew point of 25.0 F, 31 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Gallup Muni/Clarke: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 25.0, 31 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GUPFIG. B THE AIR AT GALLUP MUNI/CLARKETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 6,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 18.9 FTEMPERATURE 55.0 FDEW POINT 25.0 FSPREAD 30.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 31 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 POINTTITLEGallup Muni/Clarke, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GUPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GUP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (70 degrees) at 24 mph, gusting 35 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Gallup Muni/Clarke, north up: blowing from 70 degrees, the east northeast, at 24 miles an hour, gusting 35; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GUPFIG. C THE WIND AT GALLUP MUNI/CLARKEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 70°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 35 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGallup Muni/Clarke, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GUPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GUP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Gallup Muni/Clarke, 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 Vanderwagen

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

Near Vanderwagen

River and lake gauges