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National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

NMZ201-220600-
Farmington-San Juan NM
36.76N 108.23W Elev. 5500 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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                      96          65          94          65          95
Temp                      95 95 79 73 69 66 75 88 94 93 80 73 69 65 75 88 94 93
Dewpt                     47 46 53 54 54 52 54 52 47 46 50 51 51 51 52 49 43 42
RH                        19 19 41 51 59 61 48 29 20 20 35 46 53 60 45 26 17 17
Wind dir                  SW  N  E  E  E  E  E  S  W  W SE  E  E  E  E  S  W  W
Wind spd                   6 13 13  8  5  6  5  4  9 12 10 10  8  6  6  4 10 12
Clouds                    SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          30          10          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  S                       S
Tstms                         C  S                       S
Heat index                      80                      80
Max heat               86    92    87          86    91    86          85    91


Date               Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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    94      64    96      64    96      64    97
Temp          73   64 87 92 73   64 89 94 73   64 89 94 73   65 89 94
Dewpt         45   45 46 40 42   43 44 38 39   41 43 36 37   40 42 32
PWind dir           N     N       N    SW      NE     S      NE     S
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   SC SC FW FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr           10     5       0     5       5     5       5     0

$$

NMZ205-220600-
Gallup-McKinley NM
35.53N 108.78W Elev. 6500 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          58          90          57          90
Temp                      91 85 75 68 63 59 73 87 90 85 74 67 62 57 72 87 90 85
Dewpt                     46 48 50 50 50 49 50 46 43 45 48 48 48 47 48 44 41 43
RH                        21 28 41 52 62 69 44 24 20 25 40 50 60 69 42 22 18 23
Wind dir                   W SW  S SE SE  E  E  W  W SW  S SE  E  S  E  W  W  W
Wind spd                   8  9  9  5  1  1  1  4  9 10  9  4  1  1  1  5 10 10
Clouds                    B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC FW B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     50          30          40          20          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.01        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  S              C  C  S                 C  C  S
Tstms                      C  C  S              C  C  S                 C  C  S


Date               Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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      58    91      59    92      58    92
Temp          67   57 86 85 68   59 86 87 68   59 87 88 68   58 87 89
Dewpt         48   47 43 41 45   44 41 39 44   43 40 36 41   41 36 31
PWind dir           S    SW       W     W      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC FW B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           20    20       5    10       5    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     S          S                           S
Tstms          S          S                           S

$$

NMZ218-220600-
Santa Fe-Santa Fe NM
35.62N 106.08W Elev. 6350 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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                      92          59          93          61          93
Temp                      92 88 76 68 63 59 74 88 93 90 78 70 65 61 75 87 92 90
Dewpt                     47 46 49 49 48 48 49 48 44 43 46 48 47 46 48 47 44 41
RH                        21 23 39 51 58 67 41 25 19 20 32 45 52 58 38 25 19 18
Wind dir                   S SE  E NE  N  N  N SW SW SW  N  N  N  N  N  W  W  W
Wind spd                  10  9  9  5  5  5  5  8 10 10  8  5  5  4  6 10 12 10
Clouds                    SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW SC B1 B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20          10          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S                       S
Tstms                      S  S                       S


Date               Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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    94      61    95      61    94      61    94
Temp          69   59 88 91 72   62 89 92 72   62 89 90 71   61 88 91
Dewpt         46   44 44 38 43   43 44 38 45   45 44 39 45   45 44 37
PWind dir           N    NW       N    NW      NE    NW       E    NW
Wind char          LT    GN      LT    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           10     5       5    10      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs                                 S          S             S
Tstms                                      S          S             S

$$

NMZ219-220600-
Albuquerque-Bernalillo NM
35.05N 106.61W Elev. 5300 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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                      95          69          95          68          96
Temp                      95 93 83 77 73 69 78 88 94 92 82 76 72 69 78 89 96 94
Dewpt                     49 46 49 50 51 51 52 50 46 44 48 48 49 49 50 48 45 42
RH                        21 20 31 39 46 53 40 27 19 19 31 37 44 49 37 24 18 17
Wind dir                  SW  S SE  S  E  E  W SW SW SW  W  N  E NW  S SW  W  W
Wind spd                   5 10 10  5  5  4  3  3  5  9 10  5  5  4  3  5  9  9
Clouds                    SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          10           5          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date               Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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    97      69   100      68    99      68    98
Temp          79   70 90 96 79   69 92 97 79   69 91 96 78   68 91 96
Dewpt         45   46 46 40 42   45 45 39 43   47 46 40 45   48 46 38
PWind dir           N    NW      NE    NW      NE    NW       E    NW
Wind char          LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW FW   B1 FW FW
PoP 12hr           10     5       0     0      20     5      20     0
Rain shwrs                                 S             S
Tstms                                      S             S

$$

NMZ223-220600-
Clines Corners-Torrance NM
35.01N 105.66W Elev. 7100 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          61          90          61          90
Temp                      88 83 70 66 63 61 75 85 90 86 72 67 64 61 74 85 90 88
Dewpt                     42 43 47 46 46 46 45 44 40 40 45 45 44 44 43 41 38 36
RH                        20 24 44 48 54 58 34 24 17 20 38 45 48 53 33 21 16 16
Wind dir                  SW  S SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd                   9 11 10  8  8  8  9 11 10 11 10 10  9 10 11 16 16 13
Clouds                    B1 B1 SC FW FW FW CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20           5          20           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S                       S
Tstms                      S  S                       S


Date               Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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            62    91      62    92      61    91      59    91
Temp          68   62 85 88 70   64 85 87 68   62 84 84 67   61 84 86
Dewpt         41   42 40 35 40   44 41 36 44   47 42 38 44   47 41 36
PWind dir           W    NW       N    NW       E     W      NE     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           10     5      10     5      10    20      20     5
Rain shwrs                                            S  S
Tstms                                                 S  S

$$

NMZ228-220600-
Raton-Colfax NM
36.75N 104.52W Elev. 6300 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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                      92          57          93          58          91
Temp                      92 90 74 66 61 57 73 89 93 87 74 67 62 58 73 89 90 85
Dewpt                     39 41 45 47 46 48 50 46 40 44 46 48 49 49 51 47 44 47
RH                        16 18 35 50 58 72 44 23 16 22 37 50 62 72 46 23 20 27
Wind dir                   S  S NW  N  N  N  E  S  S  S  W  N  N  N  E SW  W NW
Wind spd                  11 11  6  5  5  6  2  8 13 12 10 10  9  4  4  9 10 11
Clouds                    SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          20          20          20          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S                 S  S  S  S              C  C  C
Tstms                      S  S                 S  S  S  S              C  C  C


Date               Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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    91      56    90      54    89      53    90
Temp          64   56 89 83 64   57 85 81 63   55 83 81 62   54 84 83
Dewpt         49   48 45 47 49   49 47 48 51   50 49 48 50   50 48 45
PWind dir           N     N       N    NW      NW     W      NW     S
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   SC FW B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   SC FW B1 B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           30    50      20    50      30    50      30    20
Rain shwrs     C          C  S          C  C          C  C          S
Tstms          C          C  S          C  C          C  C          S

$$

NMZ229-220600-
Las Vegas-San Miguel NM
35.66N 105.14W Elev. 6850 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          57          91          58          91
Temp                      89 86 72 65 60 57 75 88 91 87 73 67 61 58 76 88 90 88
Dewpt                     42 42 46 47 48 46 47 42 40 42 46 47 47 46 46 41 40 39
RH                        19 21 39 52 64 67 37 20 17 21 38 49 60 64 34 19 17 18
Wind dir                   S  S  S SW  N  N  N  S  S SW  S SW  N  N SW SW  W  W
Wind spd                  12 12 10  6  5  5  4 10 12 12  9  8  8  6  8 13 16 13
Clouds                    SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20          10          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S                       S                 C  C  C
Tstms                      S  S                       S                 C  C  C


Date               Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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    91      59    91      56    90      55    90
Temp          66   59 90 87 67   59 86 84 65   57 84 83 64   56 85 84
Dewpt         45   44 39 38 44   44 42 42 48   47 43 41 47   47 41 40
PWind dir           W    NW      NW     N       N    SW       N    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW SC SC   SC FW B1 SC   SC FW B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           30    20      10    30      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs     C          S             C  S          C  S          S
Tstms          C          S             C  S          C  S          S

$$

NMZ230-220600-
Clayton-Union NM
36.46N 103.15W Elev. 5000 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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                      98          66          98          67          97
Temp                      98 95 80 73 70 66 83 94 98 95 80 75 71 67 82 94 97 91
Dewpt                     45 45 49 50 51 51 51 48 45 45 49 50 51 50 50 46 44 47
RH                        16 18 34 44 51 58 33 21 16 18 34 41 49 54 33 19 16 22
Wind dir                   S  S  S  W  W  W  W  S SE SE SE SE  W  W SW SW  S  S
Wind spd                  10 11  8  8  8  9  9  9 12 14 12 10 10 10 11 12 12 13
Clouds                    SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20           5          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S                       S                 S  S  S
Tstms                         S                       S                 S  S  S
Heat index                                              80
Max heat               90    94    87          90    94    87          91    93


Date               Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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    97      65    95      63    93      63    94
Temp          73   67 94 91 72   65 88 86 68   64 85 86 69   63 87 89
Dewpt         51   50 48 49 55   54 53 54 58   56 54 53 57   55 52 49
PWind dir           W    NW       N     S       N     E      SW    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC CL SC B1   B1 FW B1 B2   B1 FW SC B1   B1 FW FW
PoP 12hr           20    20      40    30      60    20      40     5
Rain shwrs     S          S  C          C  L          S  C
Tstms          S          S  C          C  C          S  C

$$

NMZ234-220600-
Tucumcari-Quay NM
35.19N 103.60W Elev. 4050 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          69         102          71         102
Temp                     100 99 83 77 74 69 84 97102101 84 79 75 71 84 96101 99
Dewpt                     51 50 53 53 53 54 55 52 48 46 50 51 51 51 51 48 45 43
RH                        19 19 36 43 48 59 37 22 16 16 31 38 43 49 32 20 15 15
Wind dir                  SW  S  S SW  W  W  W SW  S  S  S  S  W  W  W SW SW SW
Wind spd                   9  9  9  8  8  6  8 10 11 12 10 10  9  9  9 11 14 17
Clouds                    SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC SC FW FW SC SC CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                     20          20           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S
Tstms                      S  S


Date               Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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   102      70   100      67    99      66    99
Temp          79   70 94102 80   70 92 97 76   67 90 95 76   67 92 96
Dewpt         48   50 50 44 52   55 55 49 56   58 57 50 56   57 55 48
PWind dir          SE     W       N     W       N    NE       E    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW   FW CL FW SC   SC FW CL B1   B1 FW CL B1   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr           10     5      20     0      30     5      40     0
Rain shwrs                   S             C             C    S
Tstms                        S             C             C    S

$$

NMZ238-220600-
Roswell-Chaves NM
33.31N 104.51W Elev. 3650 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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                     101          71         102          70         103
Temp                     101100 87 80 75 71 84 97102101 87 81 75 70 83 97102101
Dewpt                     49 47 49 49 51 52 53 52 46 45 47 47 49 49 49 48 42 41
RH                        18 17 27 34 43 51 34 22 15 15 25 30 40 47 31 19 13 13
Wind dir                  SE  S SW  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SE  S  S  S
Wind spd                  11 10  9  5  4  3  4  9 11 12  9  8  5  4  4  9 12 13
Clouds                    SC SC SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      5          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                         80
Max heat               94    98    93          94    98    94          93    98


Date               Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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            71   104      71   103      71   102      71   102
Temp          80   71 97102 82   72 96101 81   71 95100 80   71 96100
Dewpt         45   48 46 42 44   48 49 42 47   52 52 45 50   54 53 45
PWind dir           S     S       S    SE       S     E       E     E
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    CL   CL CL CL CL   FW FW CL CL   FW FW CL FW   SC FW CL
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       5     0      10     5

$$

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