Alcalde, New Mexico Weather
Alcalde, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Alcalde, Rio Arriba County.
Full aviation weather for Alcalde is published on the Los Alamos Airport (KLAM) page, 30 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. 3 airfields within reach of Alcalde have their own pages, listed below.
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.
Other airports near Alcalde: Santa Fe Municipal Airport (KSAF) 53 km · Taos Regional Airport (KSKX) 53 km
Conditions reported at KLAM describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Alcalde specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Alcalde.
About Alcalde, New Mexico
Alcalde lies in a broad valley where the arid earth begins to soften, a place where the high desert air, thin and bright, carries the scent of piñon and sage. It lies 28.5 miles north-north-west of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 347°T), and is situated 6.9 miles north-north-east of Española. The land here is a study in muted tones: ochre dust clinging to the low, scrubby bushes, the distant mesas a hazy lavender against a sky that, in the late afternoon, bleeds into shades of apricot and rose. The Rio Grande, a ribbon of brown water, snakes through this landscape, its banks lined with cottonwoods whose leaves, when the wind stirs them, whisper a dry, papery sound. Small adobe homes, their walls baked by generations of sun, seem to sprout organically from the earth, their flat roofs catching the intense, unwavering sunlight. The history of Alcalde is etched into the very soil, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have called this valley home for centuries. Founded as a Spanish colonial settlement, its name meaning "the alcalde" or magistrate, it has long been a crossroads, a place where cultures have met and mingled. The local economy, once tethered to the rhythm of the land and the slow flow of the river, now finds new life in the vibrant arts and crafts scene that flourishes here, drawing visitors who seek the authentic spirit of northern New Mexico. The air in Alcalde often holds a quiet hum, a blend of distant truck engines, the murmur of Spanish spoken in passing, and the deeper, more ancient silence of the surrounding mountains.
Live animated radar for Alcalde 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 | Alcalde, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 36.088912°N, 106.053634°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87511 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Alcalde, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alcalde, New Mexico, 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 Alcalde includes coordinates 36.088912°N, 106.053634°W, situated in Rio Arriba County. ZIP code 87511. Telephone area code: 505. 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.
