Cochiti Lake, New Mexico Weather
Cochiti Lake, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cochiti Lake, Sandoval County.
Full aviation weather for Cochiti Lake is published on the Santa Fe Municipal Airport (KSAF) page, 23 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 Cochiti Lake 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 Cochiti Lake: Los Alamos Airport (KLAM) 26 km
Conditions reported at KSAF describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cochiti Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cochiti Lake.
About Cochiti Lake, New Mexico
Cochiti Lake sprawls across a landscape sculpted by the patient hand of the earth, where the ochre soil meets the vast expanse of the sky. It lies 22.6 miles west of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 263°T), and is situated 9.3 miles north of Santo Domingo Pueblo. The terrain here is a study in contrasts: rugged mesas, their rims softened by the millennia, give way to the shimmering, sapphire waters of the lake itself, a vast reservoir fed by the Rio Grande. Sagebrush, resilient and fragrant, carpets the slopes, punctuated by the stoic silhouettes of piñon and juniper trees that cling tenaciously to the arid ground. In the late afternoon, the sun casts long, dramatic shadows, painting the canyons and the distant Jemez Mountains in hues of deep rose and burnished gold, a spectacle that seems to slow time itself. The story of Cochiti Lake is intertwined with the ancient traditions of the Pueblo people, whose ancestral lands lie nearby, and the more recent history of its creation as a vital part of the Rio Grande Project. This ambitious undertaking, aimed at water management and flood control, transformed the natural contours of the land, creating a recreational haven that draws people from across the region. The local economy, while not driven by large industry, finds its pulse in the tourism that the lake attracts – boating, fishing, and camping are the quiet occupations of summer. The distinctive character of Cochiti Lake is its unpretentious beauty, a place where the vastness of the New Mexico sky meets the practical needs of water, and where the echoes of history are carried on the dry, whispering wind.
Live animated radar for Cochiti Lake 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 | Cochiti Lake, Sandoval County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.648086°N, 106.337527°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87083 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cochiti Lake, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cochiti Lake, 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 Cochiti Lake includes coordinates 35.648086°N, 106.337527°W, situated in Sandoval County. ZIP code 87083. 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.
