Conchas Dam, New Mexico Weather
Conchas Dam, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Conchas Dam, San Miguel County.
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About Conchas Dam, New Mexico
Conchas Dam rises from the arid earth, a sentinel of concrete against the vast, sun-drenched canvas of San Miguel County. It lies 88.7 miles north-west of Clovis, NM (from Clovis, NM: bearing 321°T), and is situated 30.7 miles west-north-west of Tucumcari. The landscape unfurls in broad strokes of ochre and sagebrush, punctuated by the distant, hazy blue of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Canyons, etched by eons of wind and water, give way to rolling mesas, their surfaces worn smooth by the relentless touch of the elements. The air itself feels thin and dry, carrying the faint, sweet scent of creosote after a rare rain, and the silence here is a palpable thing, broken only by the whisper of the wind through the sparse grasses or the occasional cry of a hawk circling high overhead. The Pecos River, tamed by the dam, spreads into a broad, shimmering reservoir, its surface reflecting the immense, ever-changing sky. The purpose of Conchas Dam, built in the late 1930s, was to harness the capricious flow of the Pecos for irrigation, a vital lifeline in this thirsty land. Its waters nourish fields of alfalfa and cotton, sustaining a local economy that has long been tied to the soil and the rhythm of the seasons. This region, once traversed by ancient peoples and later by Spanish explorers, carries a quiet history, a sense of enduring resilience. Beyond the dam itself, the reservoir offers a place for recreation, a cool respite where the stark beauty of the desert meets the surprising abundance of water, drawing visitors for fishing and boating under the wide, unwavering New Mexico sky.
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| Location | Conchas Dam, San Miguel County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.402826°N, 104.189976°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 88416 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Conchas Dam, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Conchas Dam, 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 Conchas Dam includes coordinates 35.402826°N, 104.189976°W, situated in San Miguel County. ZIP code 88416. 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.
