Red Mesa, Arizona Weather
Red Mesa, Arizona — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Red Mesa, Apache County.
Full aviation weather for Red Mesa is published on the Blanding Municipal Airport (KBDG) page, 66 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Conditions reported at KBDG describe the airfield itself. Weather 66 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Red Mesa specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Red Mesa.
About Red Mesa, Arizona
Red Mesa rises from a land sculpted by wind and time, a place where the earth breathes in shades of ochre and rust. It lies 66.2 miles west-north-west of Farmington, NM (from Farmington, NM: bearing 287°T), and is situated 16.5 miles west-north-west of Teec Nos Pos. The landscape here is a testament to stark, enduring beauty, a vast expanse of high desert plateau that rolls and dips under an immense, often sapphire sky. Sparse juniper and piñon pines cling to the sandy soil, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers towards the sun, offering scant shade against the relentless light. In the distance, the mesas themselves, the silent sentinels of this country, stand in bold relief, their flat tops catching the last rays of the sun and glowing like embers as dusk descends, painting the canyons in deepening hues of purple and rose. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a mixture of dust, sagebrush, and the faint, sweet perfume of unseen wildflowers that bloom with tenacious spirit after the rare rains. The history of Red Mesa is deeply entwined with the land and the peoples who have called it home for generations. This is a place where the legacy of the Navajo Nation is palpable, their ancestral lands stretching across these wide-open spaces. The local economy, historically tied to ranching and the careful cultivation of the arid earth, now sees a growing presence of tourism drawn by the raw, untamed beauty and the unique cultural heritage. Life in Red Mesa moves at a pace dictated by the sun and the seasons, a quiet existence where community bonds are strong and the silence of the desert evenings is broken only by the distant howl of coyotes or the rustle of wind through the scrub. There are no grand pronouncements here, just the steady pulse of the land and the enduring spirit of its people.
Live animated radar for Red Mesa and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Red Mesa, Apache County, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 36.996389°N, 109.368999°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 86514 |
| Area Code | 928 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Red Mesa, Arizona Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Red Mesa, Arizona, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Red Mesa includes coordinates 36.996389°N, 109.368999°W, situated in Apache County. ZIP code 86514. Telephone area code: 928. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
