Barton, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Barton, Bernalillo County.
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Barton lies where the rough, sun-baked earth begins to soften, a place where the vast, high desert sky presses down with an almost tangible weight. It lies 22.9 miles east of Albuquerque, NM (from Albuquerque, NM: bearing 90°T), and is situated 3.5 miles west-north-west of Edgewood. The landscape here is a study in muted tones and resilient life, a tapestry of scrub brush clinging to sandy soil, punctuated by the occasional hardy piñon pine. Distant mesas, their edges softened by the haze of perpetual warmth, rise like ancient, sleeping giants against the horizon, their flanks etched by the slow, patient work of wind and water. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faint aroma of sage and dust, and when the sun dips low, it bathes the land in a liquid gold that seems to seep into the very stones. This is a country shaped by the persistent flow of the Rio Grande, though Barton itself is set back from its immediate embrace, a place where the river’s influence is felt more as a whisper than a roar. Historically, the land around Barton has been a crossroads, a place where peoples have passed and settled, leaving their mark in subtle ways. The local economy, like the landscape, is one of quiet resilience, with a scattering of small farms drawing life from the scarce water, their fields an unexpected splash of green against the ochre and brown. Life in Barton moves with a measured cadence, unhurried by the demands of distant metropolises, a place where the stories of the land and its people are told in the steady turning of seasons and the enduring spirit of its inhabitants.
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| Location | Barton, Bernalillo County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.083102°N, 106.24697°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87015 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Barton, New Mexico, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Barton includes coordinates 35.083102°N, 106.246970°W, situated in Bernalillo County. ZIP code 87015. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.