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National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1231 PM MDT Thu Aug 20 2026

NMZ201-210600-
Farmington-San Juan NM
36.76N 108.23W Elev. 5500 ft
1231 PM MDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date             Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      99          67          98          64          96
Temp                      98 97 84 76 72 68 75 90 97 95 78 73 70 66 73 89 96 94
Dewpt                     46 44 49 52 52 51 52 50 45 44 53 54 54 53 54 51 47 45
RH                        17 16 30 43 49 54 45 25 17 17 42 51 57 63 51 27 19 19
Wind dir                   W  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  S NE  E  E  E  E  E  S SW  W
Wind spd                   6  9 12 10  9  8  8  4  4  8 18  9  6  6  6  4  9  9
Clouds                    FW B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW CL SC B2 B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5          20          10          30           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S                       C  S                    S
Tstms                         S                       C  S                    S


Date               Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            64    93      64    94      63    95      65    95
Temp          74   65 87 91 73   65 87 92 73   64 89 93 74   65 89 93
Dewpt         51   52 50 43 47   48 47 40 42   43 44 37 39   42 43 35
PWind dir           N    SW       W    SW       N     S      NE    SE
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   B1 SC FW FW   B1 SC FW FW   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           20     5       5     0       0     5       0     5
Rain shwrs     S
Tstms          S

$$

NMZ205-210600-
Gallup-McKinley NM
35.53N 108.78W Elev. 6500 ft
1231 PM MDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date             Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      93          56          91          57          90
Temp                      92 88 74 67 63 58 67 85 90 84 72 67 64 60 68 85 89 85
Dewpt                     42 40 47 51 51 51 51 46 43 47 50 51 51 51 51 46 42 43
RH                        18 19 38 56 65 77 56 26 20 28 46 56 63 72 54 26 19 23
Wind dir                   N  N  S SW  N  N  N  S  W  S  S  S  N  N  N SW  W SW
Wind spd                   6  6  9  3  0  0  0  4  6  8  6  1  0  0  0  5  9  6
Clouds                    SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     10          20          40          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.12        0.02        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S                 S  C  C  C              S  S  C
Tstms                         S                 S  C  C  S              S  S  C


Date               Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            57    89      56    89      57    90      59    91
Temp          68   58 85 84 67   59 85 85 68   58 86 86 68   59 87 87
Dewpt         49   49 45 44 48   48 43 41 46   45 41 39 44   43 39 36
PWind dir          SW    SW       W     W      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           40    30      20    10       5    10       5    20
Rain shwrs     C          C  S                                      S
Tstms          C          C  S                                      S

$$

NMZ218-210600-
Santa Fe-Santa Fe NM
35.62N 106.08W Elev. 6350 ft
1231 PM MDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date             Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      94          60          93          61          93
Temp                      91 85 75 69 65 61 73 88 92 88 77 70 65 61 73 88 92 88
Dewpt                     49 47 50 50 49 49 50 48 45 44 48 49 49 48 49 48 44 44
RH                        24 27 41 51 56 65 44 25 20 22 36 47 56 62 43 25 19 22
Wind dir                   E  E  E NE  N  N  N  S  S SW  E  E  E NE  N  W SW SW
Wind spd                   6 12  9  5  5  5  3  5  9  8  6  5  4  4  2  8  9  9
Clouds                    B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW B1
PoP 12hr                     30          20          20          20           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  S  S                 S  S                       C
Tstms                      C  S                    S  S                       C
Obvis                               K  K     K


Date               Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            61    92      61    93      61    94      62    93
Temp          70   62 87 89 71   62 88 91 72   62 89 90 72   62 88 89
Dewpt         50   48 47 42 47   46 45 40 45   44 44 38 45   44 44 39
PWind dir          NE     W       N    NW       N    NW      NE     S
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW FW   SC FW FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           40     5      20     0      20    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     C             S             S             S          S
Tstms          C             S             S             S          S

$$

NMZ219-210600-
Albuquerque-Bernalillo NM
35.05N 106.61W Elev. 5300 ft
1231 PM MDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date             Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      97          67          97          67          97
Temp                      94 92 80 75 71 68 75 89 95 94 82 76 71 68 76 91 97 95
Dewpt                     50 47 51 52 52 52 53 50 47 45 48 50 50 50 51 50 46 43
RH                        23 21 36 45 51 57 46 26 19 19 31 40 47 52 42 25 18 17
Wind dir                  SW  E SE SE  E  E  W SW  S  S  S SE SE  E SW SW SW SW
Wind spd                   3 21  6  5  4  3  1  3  4  8  5  4  3  2  1  4  4  6
Clouds                    SC B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     10          30          10          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C                       S                       S
Tstms                         C                       S                       S
Obvis                            K


Date               Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            67    98      68    98      68    98      69    99
Temp          77   67 91 94 77   68 90 95 79   68 92 96 79   69 91 96
Dewpt         49   50 49 44 48   48 48 41 43   45 45 39 43   46 45 39
PWind dir           S    SW      NW     W       N    NW       E     W
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW CL FW   SC FW FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           20     0      10     0      20     0      20     0
Rain shwrs     S                           S                  S
Tstms          S                           S

$$

NMZ223-210600-
Clines Corners-Torrance NM
35.01N 105.66W Elev. 7100 ft
1231 PM MDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date             Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      90          59          89          60          89
Temp                      88 79 68 65 62 62 73 83 87 82 71 67 63 61 72 84 88 84
Dewpt                     45 47 51 49 49 48 48 46 42 44 48 47 47 47 47 45 41 41
RH                        22 32 54 56 62 60 41 27 21 26 44 49 56 60 41 26 19 22
Wind dir                   E  E  S NW NW  N  E SE SW  S  S SW  W  W  W  W SW SW
Wind spd                   5  8  8  6  5  4  3  5  6  8  8  6  6  8  8  8  8  9
Clouds                    B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     30          30          20          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C                    S  S                       C
Tstms                      C  C                    S  S                       C
Obvis                                        K


Date               Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            59    89      60    91      60    91      60    90
Temp          67   61 84 85 68   63 84 87 69   63 85 85 68   62 83 83
Dewpt         47   46 43 38 43   44 41 36 42   43 41 38 44   46 42 38
PWind dir          SW     W       W     W       W     W      NE    SE
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    SC   SC FW FW SC   FW FW CL SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           30     5       0     0      10     5      20    20
Rain shwrs     C                                         S    S     S
Tstms          C                                         S          S

$$

NMZ228-210600-
Raton-Colfax NM
36.75N 104.52W Elev. 6300 ft
1231 PM MDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date             Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      91          56          91          57          91
Temp                      88 77 67 64 60 57 71 87 90 84 72 66 61 57 71 87 90 83
Dewpt                     47 50 52 50 49 49 51 47 41 44 46 48 47 48 50 47 43 47
RH                        24 39 59 60 67 75 49 25 18 25 39 52 60 72 47 25 20 28
Wind dir                   E  S NW  N  N NE  E  S  S  S  S  N  N  N NW  S  S SW
Wind spd                   8  9  5  5  4  4  1  5 10 11  4  4  4  4  1  6 11 11
Clouds                    B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     40          20          20          10          20
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.02           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  S                    S                    S  S  S
Tstms                      C  S                    S                    S  S  S


Date               Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            56    90      55    90      55    89      54    88
Temp          65   57 88 83 64   57 88 82 64   56 86 80 63   55 84 79
Dewpt         51   50 48 48 50   48 46 48 49   49 48 48 50   50 49 49
PWind dir          NW    SW      NW     N       N     W      NW    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   SC FW B1 B1   SC FW B1 B1   SC FW B1 B1   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr           20    50      30    40      20    50      30    50
Rain shwrs     S          C  C          C  S          C  C          C
Tstms          S          C  C          C  S          C  C          C

$$

NMZ229-210600-
Las Vegas-San Miguel NM
35.66N 105.14W Elev. 6850 ft
1231 PM MDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date             Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      89          56          89          56          90
Temp                      86 76 67 63 59 57 70 85 88 83 70 65 59 57 70 86 88 83
Dewpt                     46 48 50 50 50 48 50 45 43 44 47 49 49 48 48 44 43 44
RH                        25 37 54 62 72 72 49 25 21 25 44 56 69 72 45 23 21 25
Wind dir                   E  W NE  N  N  N  N  S  S  S SW  W NW NW  W  S SW SW
Wind spd                   8  9  9  9  6  5  3  5  9  9  6  6  6  6  3  8 11 10
Clouds                    B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW B1
PoP 12hr                     30          20          20          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  S                    S  S                       C
Tstms                      C  S                    S  S                       C


Date               Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            57    90      57    90      57    90      56    88
Temp          65   57 86 86 65   58 87 84 66   58 86 83 65   57 84 81
Dewpt         49   48 43 40 46   45 41 40 46   45 42 41 47   47 44 43
PWind dir           W    SW       W     W      NW     W       N    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr           30    10      10    20       5    30      30    40
Rain shwrs     C                        S             C  C          C
Tstms          C                        S             C  C          C

$$

NMZ230-210600-
Clayton-Union NM
36.46N 103.15W Elev. 5000 ft
1231 PM MDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date             Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      94          65          96          66          97
Temp                      93 89 76 71 68 65 79 93 95 92 78 73 69 67 80 93 96 93
Dewpt                     51 51 55 55 54 53 53 49 45 45 49 51 52 52 52 48 46 46
RH                        24 27 48 57 61 65 41 22 18 20 36 46 55 59 38 22 18 20
Wind dir                  SE SE SW NW NW NW  N SE  S SE  S SW  W SW  W  S  S  S
Wind spd                   9 10  5  4  6  6  4  6 10 11  5  6  8  9  8  8 12 13
Clouds                    FW SC B1 SC SC SC CL CL SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20          20           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S                 S
Tstms                            S                 S
Heat index                                  80                      80
Max heat               87    91    84          89    91    84          90    92


Date               Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            67    96      66    96      65    94      63    92
Temp          74   67 93 91 73   67 93 90 72   66 90 88 69   63 87 86
Dewpt         52   53 48 48 53   51 49 48 53   53 52 51 56   56 54 52
PWind dir           S    SW       W     N       N    NE      NW     E
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   SC FW FW SC   B1 FW FW SC   SC FW SC B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr           10     5      30    20      20    20      50    20
Rain shwrs                   C          S  S          S  C    S     S
Tstms                        C          S  S          S  C          S

$$

NMZ234-210600-
Tucumcari-Quay NM
35.19N 103.60W Elev. 4050 ft
1231 PM MDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date             Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      99          67         100          68         101
Temp                      99 97 82 77 72 68 80 95100 99 84 79 73 68 81 96100 98
Dewpt                     52 51 55 57 57 57 58 54 50 48 52 53 54 55 56 52 49 47
RH                        21 21 40 50 59 68 47 25 19 18 33 41 51 63 42 23 18 18
Wind dir                   S  S SE SW  W  W  W SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S
Wind spd                   5  6  5  5  4  3  4  6  6  9  8  6  5  5  5  8  9 12
Clouds                    FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL SC
PoP 12hr                      5          20          10           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S
Tstms                         S  S
Heat index                      82          81                      81
Max heat               92    97    90          93    97    92          94    97


Date               Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            68   102      70   102      68   101      67    99
Temp          80   69 97 99 81   71 96100 80   69 94 97 77   67 92 94
Dewpt         53   54 51 44 50   52 51 44 50   54 54 46 53   56 56 49
PWind dir           S    SW      SW    SW       W     W       E     E
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW CL SC   SC FW CL SC   B1 FW FW
PoP 12hr           10     0      10     0      10     5      20     5
Rain shwrs                                               S
Tstms                                                    S

$$

NMZ238-210600-
Roswell-Chaves NM
33.31N 104.51W Elev. 3650 ft
1231 PM MDT Thu Aug 20 2026

Date             Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                     103          71         103          70         103
Temp                     103102 88 81 75 71 81 95102101 88 81 75 71 81 97102101
Dewpt                     49 47 48 50 53 54 55 53 49 47 50 50 51 52 53 51 47 45
RH                        17 16 25 34 46 55 41 24 17 16 27 34 43 51 38 21 16 15
Wind dir                  SE  S  E  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S SW  N  N  S  S  S
Wind spd                   9 11  9  6  4  3  5 10 10  9  8  6  4  0  0  9 11 12
Clouds                    FW FW SC SC SC FW FW CL FW SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                                  81                      81
Max heat               94   100    96          92    99    95          94    99


Date               Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            70   103      71   103      71   103      71   102
Temp          80   71 98100 81   72 97101 82   71 96101 81   71 95 99
Dewpt         47   50 49 42 45   49 48 41 43   48 48 41 43   50 51 43
PWind dir           S     S       S     S       S     S       S     E
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW CL CL   FW FW CL CL   CL FW CL CL   FW FW CL
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       5     0

$$

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