Borrego Pass, New Mexico Weather
Borrego Pass, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Borrego Pass, McKinley County.
Full aviation weather for Borrego Pass is published on the Crownpoint Airport (K0E8) page, 24 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. 2 airfields within reach of Borrego Pass 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 Borrego Pass: Grants-Milan Municipal Airport (KGNT) 46 km
Conditions reported at K0E8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Borrego Pass specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Borrego Pass.
About Borrego Pass, New Mexico
Borrego Pass lies under a sky that seems to hold its breath, vast and impossibly blue, stretching over a landscape of muted ochres and dusty greens. It lies 79.0 miles west-north-west of Rio Rancho, NM (from Rio Rancho, NM: bearing 288°T), and is situated 11.0 miles south-east of Crownpoint. The land here is a study in patient erosion, where mesas rise like ancient, weathered altars, their flat tops catching the sun and casting long, sharp shadows that redefine the contours of the earth as the day progresses. Sparse piñon and juniper cling stubbornly to the arroyos and slopes, their twisted forms testament to a constant, quiet struggle for existence. The air itself feels thin and dry, carrying the scent of sun-baked earth and the faint, sharp tang of distant sagebrush, a perfume that whispers of endurance. The history of Borrego Pass is etched not in grand monuments, but in the subtle shifts of the land and the enduring spirit of its people. For generations, this has been a place of passage, a natural corridor that has witnessed the slow march of time and the ebb and flow of human endeavor. The local economy, historically tied to the land, now finds a fragile footing in a blend of small-scale agriculture, where hardy crops coax life from the arid soil, and the quiet hum of services catering to those who call this expanse home. The distinctive character of Borrego Pass is a quiet resilience, a deep connection to the stark beauty of the high desert, and a rhythm of life dictated by the sun and the seasons, a gentle unfolding rather than a hurried rush.
Live animated radar for Borrego Pass 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 | Borrego Pass, McKinley County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.571301°N, 108.005016°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87323 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Borrego Pass, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Borrego Pass, 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 Borrego Pass includes coordinates 35.571301°N, 108.005016°W, situated in McKinley County. ZIP code 87323. 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.
