Cobre, New Mexico Weather
Cobre, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cobre, Grant County.
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About Cobre, New Mexico
Cobre dreams beneath a sky stretched wide, a canvas of faded denim and the occasional smear of bruised twilight. It lies 84.1 miles west-north-west of Las Cruces, NM (from Las Cruces, NM: bearing 293°T), and is situated 9.8 miles east of Silver City. The land here is a study in rust and sage, where volcanic cinder cones, softened by millennia, punctuate the horizon like sleeping giants. Jagged mountains, their peaks often dusted with a fleeting white, stand sentinel, their flanks a mosaic of scrub oak and hardy juniper that whispers in the dry wind. The air itself carries a clean, sharp scent, a blend of sun-baked earth and the faint, metallic tang of something ancient. Down in the washes, the dry creek beds are etched like veins across the landscape, promising water only after the rare, sudden downpours that briefly transform the parched earth into a vibrant, fleeting green. The very bones of Cobre are steeped in the earth’s deep veins, a legacy born of copper and the relentless pursuit of its gleam. This is a place where the rhythm of life has long been dictated by the relentless hum of industry, the echoes of pickaxes and the rumble of ore trucks a persistent soundtrack. Generations have made their lives here, their stories woven into the fabric of the mining operations that have shaped not only the terrain but the very character of the community. The economy, once fueled by the rich deposits beneath, now navigates a different course, yet the imprint of that past remains, a quiet strength in the weathered faces and the enduring spirit of Cobre's people. The vast, open skies above Cobre hold a profound silence, broken only by the sigh of the wind and the distant call of a hawk, a constant reminder of the vastness that cradles this resilient place.
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| Location | Cobre, Grant County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 32.780631°N, 108.111987°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 88023 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cobre, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cobre, 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 Cobre includes coordinates 32.780631°N, 108.111987°W, situated in Grant County. ZIP code 88023. Telephone area code: 575. 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.
