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National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1231 PM MDT Sat Jul 18 2026

NMZ201-190600-
Farmington-San Juan NM
36.76N 108.23W Elev. 5500 ft
1231 PM MDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date             Sat 07/18/26            Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26
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          62          92          64          95
Temp                      88 85 80 72 68 64 72 84 90 90 84 75 71 66 74 87 94 93
Dewpt                     53 53 53 56 55 54 55 56 51 48 49 52 53 52 54 54 50 49
RH                        30 33 39 57 63 70 55 38 26 24 30 45 53 61 50 32 23 22
Wind dir                   W  N SE  E NE NE  E  S NW NW  W  E  E  E  E  W  W NW
Wind spd                   4 12  5  4  4  4  4  3  6 10  5  4  4  4  3  5  6  6
Clouds                    SC SC SC SC SC FW CL CL FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW B1
PoP 12hr                     20          20          10          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S                       S                       C
Tstms                      S  S                       S                       C
Heat index                      80
Max heat               85    86    83          83    88    86          86    91


Date               Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26  Thu 07/23/26  Fri 07/24/26
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            65    95      64    91      65    91      65    94
Temp          76   66 87 91 74   67 85 89 75   67 85 89 76   67 88 92
Dewpt         55   54 55 50 57   55 56 51 55   53 55 50 53   51 53 48
PWind dir           E    SE       E    SE       S     S       N    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   SC FW FW B2   B1 SC SC B1   B1 SC FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           50    10      80    10      30     5      20    10
Rain shwrs     C             D    C        C    S        S
Tstms          C             C             C             S

$$

NMZ205-190600-
Gallup-McKinley NM
35.53N 108.78W Elev. 6500 ft
1231 PM MDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date             Sat 07/18/26            Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26
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                      83          53          84          54          86
Temp                      80 79 71 64 59 54 65 78 81 81 72 65 60 55 66 81 84 82
Dewpt                     55 52 55 56 56 54 58 56 56 50 54 55 56 55 58 56 55 52
RH                        42 39 57 75 90100 78 47 42 34 53 70 87100 75 42 37 35
Wind dir                   E SW SW SW  S  N  N  E  W  W SW SW  S  S SW  W NW SW
Wind spd                   3  6  3  2  1  0  0  2  6  8  4  2  1  1  1  2  4  5
Clouds                    B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     70          50          50          30          40
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.05        0.02        0.01        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 L  C  C              C  C  C  S              C  C  L
Tstms                      L  C  C              C  C  C  S              C  C  C
Heat index                80                      81                   81
Max heat                     81                      82    80          81    83


Date               Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26  Thu 07/23/26  Fri 07/24/26
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    86      54    85      56    86      57    88
Temp          66   56 82 81 66   58 81 81 68   60 82 84 69   61 84 85
Dewpt         56   55 56 51 56   55 55 52 55   54 54 49 53   52 52 48
PWind dir          SW    SE       S     S      SW    SW      SW     W
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   SC SC B2 B1   SC SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr           60    60      40    50      30    20      20    30
Rain shwrs     L    S     L  C          C  C          S  S          C
Tstms          C          L  C          C  C          S  S          C

$$

NMZ218-190600-
Santa Fe-Santa Fe NM
35.62N 106.08W Elev. 6350 ft
1231 PM MDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date             Sat 07/18/26            Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26
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          87          59          90
Temp                      83 81 73 68 63 59 71 81 84 84 75 70 64 60 71 83 87 89
Dewpt                     55 53 56 56 55 54 55 56 55 52 54 54 55 54 56 56 54 52
RH                        38 38 55 65 75 83 57 42 37 33 48 57 73 81 59 40 32 28
Wind dir                   W NE  E  E NE NE  N  S SE SE SE  E  E NE NW  W  S  S
Wind spd                   3 10  5  3  3  4  3  3  9  9  6  4  3  2  3  5  4  8
Wind gust                 13                                                 18
Clouds                    B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW B1 B1 SC SC FW FW CL CL SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          30          30          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.01        0.01           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  S  C              C  C  S                 S  S
Tstms                      C  S  S              C  C  S                 S  S
Heat index                                     81
Max heat               81    84                81    84    81          82    86


Date               Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26  Thu 07/23/26  Fri 07/24/26
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    91      61    90      62    92      63    94
Temp          71   61 86 87 72   63 84 87 73   64 85 89 74   64 88 91
Dewpt         55   54 54 51 54   54 54 51 52   52 53 48 49   49 51 46
PWind dir          SE     E      SE     S       S    SW       S     W
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr           10    20      10    20      20     5       5    10
Rain shwrs                S             S  S
Tstms                     S             S  S

$$

NMZ219-190600-
Albuquerque-Bernalillo NM
35.05N 106.61W Elev. 5300 ft
1231 PM MDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date             Sat 07/18/26            Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26
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          63          91          64          93
Temp                      89 85 77 72 67 64 73 86 90 86 79 74 68 65 74 87 92 90
Dewpt                     56 56 57 57 57 56 58 58 56 55 55 55 55 55 57 58 54 54
RH                        33 37 50 59 70 75 59 39 32 35 44 51 63 70 55 38 28 30
Wind dir                   W  E  S  S  E  E  W  N SW SE  S SE  E SE SW SW SW  S
Wind spd                   3 17  4  3  2  2  1  2  6 11  4  4  3  1  2  2  2  4
Clouds                    B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          50          40          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.02        0.05        0.06           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  C              C  C  S                 S  S  S
Tstms                      C  C  C              C  C  S                 S  S  S
Heat index                                              80
Max heat               84    88    82          85    88    83          86    90


Date               Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26  Thu 07/23/26  Fri 07/24/26
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            65    94      65    93      67    95      67    97
Temp          76   65 88 89 76   67 87 90 77   68 88 93 79   69 91 95
Dewpt         55   55 58 54 55   55 57 53 52   52 55 50 49   50 53 47
PWind dir           S     S      SE     S       S    SW       S    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   SC FW SC SC   B1 SC FW SC   SC FW FW FW   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr           20    20      20    10      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs     S          S  S
Tstms          S          S  S

$$

NMZ223-190600-
Clines Corners-Torrance NM
35.01N 105.66W Elev. 7100 ft
1231 PM MDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date             Sat 07/18/26            Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26
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                      82          55          82          55          84
Temp                      80 75 67 63 59 56 68 76 79 77 68 63 59 57 69 79 83 79
Dewpt                     50 53 56 55 53 52 53 53 51 54 54 54 53 52 53 52 49 53
RH                        35 46 68 75 80 86 59 45 38 45 61 72 80 83 57 39 31 41
Wind dir                   E NE  S SW NW  N NE  E  E  E SE  S SW  W NW  E SE SE
Wind spd                   6  8  6  5  5  6  5  8 10 11  8  5  4  4  4  3  8  9
Clouds                    B1 B1 SC FW FW FW CL B1 B1 SC SC CL CL CL CL SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          30          40          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.03        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  S              C  C  S                 S  S
Tstms                      C  C  S              C  C  S                 S  S


Date               Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26  Thu 07/23/26  Fri 07/24/26
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      57    85      58    88      59    90
Temp          64   58 81 80 66   60 80 81 66   61 83 84 69   62 85 85
Dewpt         54   52 51 52 52   52 51 50 50   49 49 47 46   46 46 46
PWind dir           S     E       S     S      SW    SW      SW     W
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr            5    10      20    10       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs                   S
Tstms                        S

$$

NMZ228-190600-
Raton-Colfax NM
36.75N 104.52W Elev. 6300 ft
1231 PM MDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date             Sat 07/18/26            Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26
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                      88          54          88          54          93
Temp                      87 83 71 64 58 54 70 82 86 85 73 65 59 55 71 87 92 89
Dewpt                     47 48 52 52 51 50 54 50 47 46 50 51 51 50 53 49 43 44
RH                        25 30 51 65 77 86 57 33 26 26 44 60 75 83 53 27 18 21
Wind dir                   E  E  E  N  N  N  E  E  E SE  S  S  N  N SW SE SE SE
Wind spd                  10 10  5  3  3  3  2  5 10 11  9  4  2  3  2  5 10 11
Clouds                    SC SC FW FW CL CL FW SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     10          10          10           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date               Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26  Thu 07/23/26  Fri 07/24/26
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    91      57    91      57    95      57    93
Temp          66   57 87 85 67   59 85 87 68   59 90 89 68   59 89 85
Dewpt         50   49 49 46 50   50 50 46 48   48 48 45 50   50 50 49
PWind dir          SE    NE       E     S       S    SW      NW     E
Wind char          LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW B2
PoP 12hr            5    20      20     5       5    10      20    60
Rain shwrs                S  S                           S          L
Tstms                     S  S                           S          L

$$

NMZ229-190600-
Las Vegas-San Miguel NM
35.66N 105.14W Elev. 6850 ft
1231 PM MDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date             Sat 07/18/26            Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26
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          55          83          55          87
Temp                      81 77 68 64 58 56 68 78 80 79 69 65 59 56 69 82 85 83
Dewpt                     50 52 54 54 54 53 54 53 52 52 52 52 53 53 53 51 49 50
RH                        34 42 61 70 86 90 61 42 38 39 55 63 80 90 57 34 29 32
Wind dir                   E  E  E NW  N  N NE  E  E SE SE  W  W NW SW SE SE SE
Wind spd                   9  9  5  6  6  6  5  6  9 10  6  4  4  5  1  5  9 10
Clouds                    SC SC SC FW FW CL FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          20          30          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S  S              S  C
Tstms                      S  S  S              S  C
Heat index                                        80
Max heat               80    81                      81                81    83


Date               Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26  Thu 07/23/26  Fri 07/24/26
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    87      58    86      59    90      59    91
Temp          66   58 83 82 67   60 82 82 68   60 86 86 70   61 87 84
Dewpt         51   52 51 50 51   53 51 49 48   50 48 47 46   49 48 47
PWind dir          SW     E       S    SE      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   FW FW FW SC   FW FW B1
PoP 12hr            0    20      20    10       5     5       5    30
Rain shwrs                S  S                                      C
Tstms                     S  S                                      C

$$

NMZ230-190600-
Clayton-Union NM
36.46N 103.15W Elev. 5000 ft
1231 PM MDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date             Sat 07/18/26            Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26
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          62          90          63          95
Temp                      88 85 75 69 64 62 76 85 88 88 76 71 66 64 78 90 94 92
Dewpt                     55 56 58 58 58 57 58 56 56 54 55 57 57 57 58 55 53 52
RH                        33 37 55 68 81 84 54 37 34 31 48 61 73 78 50 31 25 26
Wind dir                  SE SE SE  S SW NW  E SE SE SE SE  S SW  W SW  S  S  S
Wind spd                   9 11  8  5  4  4  3  6 10 11  9  9  6  6  6  6 10 12
Clouds                    SC SC FW CL FW CL FW SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                      5          10          10          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date               Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26  Thu 07/23/26  Fri 07/24/26
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            66    96      66    96      68   100      68    98
Temp          73   66 92 92 74   67 91 93 76   70 95 96 76   68 93 92
Dewpt         55   55 53 51 54   55 54 50 51   52 51 48 51   54 54 53
PWind dir          SW     E       S    SW      SW    SW      SW    NE
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC FW B1
PoP 12hr            0     5      10     0       5     5      20    30
Rain shwrs                                               S          C
Tstms                                                    S          C

$$

NMZ234-190600-
Tucumcari-Quay NM
35.19N 103.60W Elev. 4050 ft
1231 PM MDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date             Sat 07/18/26            Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26
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          64          93          65          95
Temp                      92 89 77 72 68 64 75 86 90 89 78 73 69 66 77 89 94 92
Dewpt                     58 59 61 61 61 62 63 61 59 57 59 60 61 61 63 60 57 56
RH                        32 37 58 68 78 93 66 43 35 34 52 64 76 84 62 38 29 30
Wind dir                  SE SE  S  S SW SW  N SE SE SE  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S
Wind spd                   5 10  9  5  3  3  0  4  9 10 10  8  6  5  5  5  8 10
Clouds                    FW SC SC FW FW CL CL FW SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                     10          20          10          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S
Tstms                            S
Heat index                                     86 90                   89
Max heat               87    92    86          86    91    86          89    93


Date               Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26  Thu 07/23/26  Fri 07/24/26
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    99      70   102      72   104
Temp          76   68 92 94 78   70 92 95 79   71 95 98 81   72 96 99
Dewpt         58   60 58 55 56   58 57 52 52   53 53 48 49   53 54 49
PWind dir           S     S       S     S       S    SW       S    SW
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr            0     5      10     5       5     0       5     5

$$

NMZ238-190600-
Roswell-Chaves NM
33.31N 104.51W Elev. 3650 ft
1231 PM MDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date             Sat 07/18/26            Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26
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          66          91          67          93
Temp                      91 90 78 73 69 66 73 84 90 89 78 74 70 67 75 86 92 91
Dewpt                     60 59 64 63 65 64 65 65 62 59 64 63 64 64 64 64 59 58
RH                        36 35 62 71 87 93 76 53 39 37 62 69 81 90 69 48 33 33
Wind dir                   S  S SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE  S  S SE  S
Wind spd                   9 10 10  6  4  2  3  4  9 10  9  6  5  4  4  5  9 11
Clouds                    SC B1 B1 B2 SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          50          20          30           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.29           0        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  S              S  C  S
Tstms                      S  C  C                 S  C  S
Heat index                91                   86 90                   88 92
Max heat               88    92    88          86    91    87          88    92


Date               Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26  Thu 07/23/26  Fri 07/24/26
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    96      70    98      70   100      72   104
Temp          76   68 90 96 80   70 92 96 80   71 94 99 82   72 97101
Dewpt         61   63 62 55 59   61 59 51 54   56 54 46 51   55 52 45
PWind dir           S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW CL CL   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr            5     0       5     5       5     0       0     0

$$

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