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National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

NMZ201-150600-
Farmington-San Juan NM
36.76N 108.23W Elev. 5500 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      85          58          90          59          92
Temp                      84 82 73 69 63 59 68 81 89 88 78 71 64 60 70 85 91 89
Dewpt                     48 46 47 48 48 48 50 48 44 41 39 38 39 39 44 43 41 40
RH                        29 28 40 47 58 67 52 32 21 19 25 30 40 46 39 23 18 18
Wind dir                  SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  N NE  E  E SW  W  W
Wind spd                  10 12 10  6  3  2  2  8 11 11  5  4  3  4  4  4 10 11
Clouds                    SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5           5           5           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date               Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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      63    94      63    95      64    96
Temp          74   66 87 91 74   64 87 92 75   64 89 93 75   65 89 94
Dewpt         42   46 49 42 45   47 47 41 39   40 44 38 37   39 43 37
PWind dir           S    SE       E     S       N    NW      SW    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC SC FW   SC FW FW FW   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           10    20       5     0       0     5      10    10
Rain shwrs                S
Tstms                     S

$$

NMZ205-150600-
Gallup-McKinley NM
35.53N 108.78W Elev. 6500 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      81          52          86          53          88
Temp                      80 76 69 63 57 53 63 78 83 81 73 66 59 54 66 82 87 83
Dewpt                     47 45 48 50 50 49 50 46 42 40 43 45 45 44 45 43 41 43
RH                        31 33 47 62 77 86 62 32 24 23 34 47 60 69 47 25 20 24
Wind dir                   W  W SW  W  N  N  N  W  W  W NW  N  N  N  N  E  N  E
Wind spd                   8  8  3  1  0  0  0  3  4  4  2  0  0  0  0  2  4  5
Clouds                    B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          20           5           0          30
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.03           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  S  S                                      C  C  S
Tstms                      C  S  S                                      C  C  S


Date               Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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            58    87      55    88      57    89      58    90
Temp          69   61 84 82 66   56 83 84 69   58 85 85 69   60 85 85
Dewpt         49   49 46 44 49   49 45 42 45   46 42 40 44   45 41 39
PWind dir          SE    SW       S    SW      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC B1 B1   SC SC FW B1   SC SC FW B1   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr           20    40      20     5      10    10      10    20
Rain shwrs     S          C  S                                      S
Tstms          S          C  S                                      S

$$

NMZ218-150600-
Santa Fe-Santa Fe NM
35.62N 106.08W Elev. 6350 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      87          58          89          59          85
Temp                      83 79 72 67 62 58 70 84 86 84 76 70 64 60 70 83 81 74
Dewpt                     51 50 52 53 52 51 52 48 45 43 44 46 46 46 48 47 47 51
RH                        33 36 49 61 70 77 53 29 24 24 32 42 52 60 45 28 30 44
Wind dir                   W  W  S NE  N  N  N  W  W SW  N  E NE NE  N SW  S SE
Wind spd                  10 11  6  3  3  5  8  6  9 10  5  4  5  6  4  5 11 11
Clouds                    SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          30          10           5          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C                                      C  C  C
Tstms                         C  C                                      C  C  C


Date               Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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            53    87      58    91      60    93      61    93
Temp          63   55 81 82 69   59 85 87 72   61 88 90 72   61 88 88
Dewpt         53   52 52 51 51   50 50 45 46   45 46 42 46   46 46 44
PWind dir           E     S       E    NW      SE    NW      NE     S
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC B1 SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr           50    40      20     0       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs     C    C     C  S                           S          S
Tstms          C    C     C  S                           S          S

$$

NMZ219-150600-
Albuquerque-Bernalillo NM
35.05N 106.61W Elev. 5300 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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          66          91          67          90
Temp                      89 84 77 74 69 67 73 86 90 87 80 76 71 68 74 87 89 83
Dewpt                     53 52 53 54 54 54 54 51 48 45 46 47 49 50 52 50 49 51
RH                        29 33 43 50 59 63 51 30 24 23 30 36 46 52 46 28 25 33
Wind dir                   W  W  W  S  W NE NW  W  W  S  S SE SE  E NE  W SE SE
Wind spd                   6  9  4  2  2  1  2  3  3  4  2  3  3  2  2  2  4  8
Clouds                    SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          30           5           5          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  S                                      C  C  C
Tstms                         C  S                                      C  C  C


Date               Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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    91      65    95      67    97      67    97
Temp          72   66 86 86 74   65 88 91 78   67 90 94 78   68 90 93
Dewpt         55   55 54 51 53   53 52 46 47   48 48 43 46   49 48 44
PWind dir           E    SE      NE     W       S     W       S     S
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC B1 B1   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr           50    40      10     0       0     0      20    10
Rain shwrs     C    S     C                              S
Tstms          C    S     C                              S

$$

NMZ223-150600-
Clines Corners-Torrance NM
35.01N 105.66W Elev. 7100 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      84          58          85          57          81
Temp                      81 77 69 64 61 59 69 81 84 80 70 65 61 58 67 79 77 72
Dewpt                     47 47 49 50 50 50 49 46 42 43 46 47 48 48 49 49 47 49
RH                        30 35 49 60 67 72 49 29 23 27 42 52 62 69 52 35 35 44
Wind dir                   W SW  W  W  W  W NW  W  W SW  S SW SW  N  E  E SE SE
Wind spd                  13 12 11  9  8  9  9  6  8  9  8  6  6  6  8  9 11  9
Clouds                    SC B1 B1 SC SC FW CL SC B1 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          30          20          10          70
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0           0        0.18
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  S              S                       L  L  C
Tstms                         C  S              S                       L  L  C


Date               Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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            54    83      57    87      60    89      60    89
Temp          60   56 78 77 63   58 82 84 67   61 84 85 67   62 83 82
Dewpt         52   52 50 48 49   48 46 41 43   45 42 39 45   47 44 42
PWind dir          NE     S       W     W       W    NW       W     S
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC B1 B1   SC SC FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW B1
PoP 12hr           50    40      20     0       5    10      20    30
Rain shwrs     C    C     C  S                           S          C
Tstms          C    C     C  S                           S          C

$$

NMZ228-150600-
Raton-Colfax NM
36.75N 104.52W Elev. 6300 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      87          56          86          56          84
Temp                      83 75 68 64 59 56 67 82 83 78 68 64 58 56 67 82 80 74
Dewpt                     54 54 54 53 54 53 55 51 48 50 52 52 54 54 56 54 53 53
RH                        37 48 61 67 83 90 65 34 30 37 57 65 86 93 68 38 39 48
Wind dir                  SW  S NW NW  N  N NE  S SW  S  N NE  N  N  N SE  S  S
Wind spd                   8  6  3  3  4  5  2  6 11  8  4  6  9 10  4  5 10  8
Clouds                    B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     70          30          60          30          90
QPF 12hr                   0.05           0        0.17           0        0.29
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 L  C  S              C  L  C                 D  D  L
Tstms                      L  C  S              C  L  C                 D  D  L
Heat index                                                                80
Max heat               82    85                81    83                81    81


Date               Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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    85      52    89      55    89      54    89
Temp          64   57 81 78 62   53 84 84 65   55 85 83 64   56 84 82
Dewpt         54   54 54 52 52   50 49 46 47   47 48 48 50   50 50 49
PWind dir           W    SW       W    SW      NW     E       N     S
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B1 B2 B1   SC FW FW SC   SC FW B1 B1   SC FW B1
PoP 12hr           60    70      20    10       5    40      30    30
Rain shwrs     L    C     L  S                        C  C          C
Tstms          L    C     L  S                        C  C          C

$$

NMZ229-150600-
Las Vegas-San Miguel NM
35.66N 105.14W Elev. 6850 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      85          54          84          54          80
Temp                      80 76 67 63 57 55 66 80 81 77 67 62 57 55 65 79 75 71
Dewpt                     48 49 51 52 52 50 50 46 43 44 47 49 50 50 53 51 51 50
RH                        33 39 56 67 83 83 56 30 26 31 49 62 77 83 65 38 43 47
Wind dir                  SW SW SW  W  W  N NE  S SW  W  S NW NW  N NE  E SE  E
Wind spd                   6 10  8  9  6  6  4  6 11  9  9  6  6 10 11  8  8  8
Clouds                    B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     30          40          30          20          80
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.04        0.02        0.03        0.32
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  S              C  S  S                 D  D  L
Tstms                      C  C  S              C  S  S                 D  D  L


Date               Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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    83      54    87      56    89      56    88
Temp          62   57 81 77 62   55 84 83 65   56 86 83 64   57 84 82
Dewpt         53   53 50 49 50   48 44 43 44   44 41 42 47   47 45 45
PWind dir          NW    SW       W    SW       W     E      NW     S
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 SC B2 B1   SC FW FW SC   FW FW FW SC   SC FW B1
PoP 12hr           60    50      20    10       5    20      20    40
Rain shwrs     L    C     C  S                        S  S          C
Tstms          L    C     C  S                        S  S          C

$$

NMZ230-150600-
Clayton-Union NM
36.46N 103.15W Elev. 5000 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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          65          91          63          86
Temp                      90 86 74 71 67 65 74 87 90 85 73 69 65 63 71 81 85 80
Dewpt                     54 52 56 58 57 57 59 56 53 54 58 60 59 60 62 60 58 58
RH                        30 31 53 63 70 75 59 35 28 35 59 73 81 90 73 49 40 47
Wind dir                  SE  S NE SW  W NW  N SE  S  W  N NW NW  N  N  E SE SE
Wind spd                  13 16  9  8  8  6  5  6 13 12  6  5  8  9  9  5 10 10
Clouds                    B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          30          30          60          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        0.04        0.06        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  S              C  C  L  S  C  C        C  C  L
Tstms                      S  C  S              C  C  L  S  C  C        C  C  L
Heat index                                                             82    81
Max heat               86    88    81          85    88    81          82    84


Date               Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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            60    88      61    94      65    94      62    90
Temp          66   61 83 83 68   62 90 91 74   65 90 89 70   63 85 86
Dewpt         61   59 58 54 57   55 52 48 50   51 51 51 56   55 54 52
PWind dir          NW    SW      SW    SW      SW    NE      NE     E
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 SC B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   SC FW FW B1   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           60    40      10     0       5    10      30    10
Rain shwrs     L    C     C                              C
Tstms          L    C     C                              C

$$

NMZ234-150600-
Tucumcari-Quay NM
35.19N 103.60W Elev. 4050 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                     100          71         100          68          95
Temp                     100 97 84 80 76 72 81 95 99 94 81 77 73 69 78 89 94 89
Dewpt                     52 51 55 57 58 58 59 57 54 55 57 57 59 60 61 60 57 59
RH                        20 21 37 45 54 61 47 28 22 27 44 50 62 73 56 38 29 37
Wind dir                   S SW  S SW  S SW SW  S SW  S SW  S  S  N SW SE SE SE
Wind spd                  14 16 11 10 11 10  9  5 11 13  9  8  6  4  4  4  9 10
Clouds                    FW SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          20          20          40          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.07        0.04        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S                 S  C                 C  C  L
Tstms                         S  S                 S  C                 C  C  L
Heat index                         80       82          81             89
Max heat               93    98    90          94    97    87          89    93


Date               Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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    96      64    99      69   100      67    97
Temp          72   66 90 90 74   65 94 96 79   70 95 97 78   69 91 93
Dewpt         58   61 60 53 55   56 54 48 50   51 53 48 54   56 56 51
PWind dir          NE    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       E     E
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW CL FW   FW FW FW SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr           60    20       5     0       0     0      20    10
Rain shwrs     L          S                              S
Tstms          L          S                              S

$$

NMZ238-150600-
Roswell-Chaves NM
33.31N 104.51W Elev. 3650 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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          70          99          69          98
Temp                      98 96 84 78 73 70 78 93 99 95 81 77 72 69 78 92 98 95
Dewpt                     51 51 56 58 60 60 60 58 53 54 59 60 60 60 61 59 52 51
RH                        21 22 38 50 64 71 54 31 22 25 47 56 66 73 56 33 21 23
Wind dir                  SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S SW  S  S  S SE  S SE SE SE
Wind spd                  13 14 13 10  9  6  6  5 10 10  8  5  9  6  8  8 11 11
Clouds                    FW SC B1 SC SC FW CL FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          10          20          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         S  S
Tstms                                              S  S
Heat index                                              82
Max heat               90    95    92          92    96    89          91    95


Date               Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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      69   100      70   102      71   101
Temp          76   67 91 96 79   70 94 99 80   70 96100 81   71 94 99
Dewpt         55   58 57 48 51   53 52 45 46   54 52 45 49   55 54 47
PWind dir           S    SE       S     S       S     S       S     E
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW CL CL   FW FW CL FW   SC SC CL
PoP 12hr           10     0       5     0       0     0       5     5

$$

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