Cordova, New Mexico Weather
Cordova, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cordova, Rio Arriba County.
Full aviation weather for Cordova is published on the Los Alamos Airport (KLAM) page, 39 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. 3 airfields within reach of Cordova 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 Cordova: Santa Fe Municipal Airport (KSAF) 48 km · Taos Regional Airport (KSKX) 52 km
Conditions reported at KLAM describe the airfield itself. Weather 39 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cordova specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cordova.
About Cordova, New Mexico
Cordova rests in the embrace of high desert country, where the Sangre de Cristo Mountains rise with a rugged, ochre-toned dignity. It lies 22.5 miles north of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 11°T), and is situated 4.8 miles east of Chimayo. The land here is a study in muted palettes – sagebrush and piñon pines cling to slopes that catch the sun in shifting patterns of light and shadow. The air, even in the midday heat, carries a crispness, a whisper of the altitude and the vast, open sky that stretches, an endless canvas of cerulean, above it all. Small homesteads, some weathered wood and some adobe, scatter across the landscape, their modest forms seeming to grow organically from the earth, their roofs often mirroring the dusty, sun-baked tones of the surrounding hills. This is a place where history is not so much written as it is felt in the worn stones and the quiet persistence of its people. Cordova’s economy, for generations, has been tied to the land, to the patient cultivation of small plots and, more enduringly, to the artistry of woodcarving. The scent of juniper and pine, imbued with the skill of generations, hangs in the air around workshops where artisans transform native wood into figures that speak of faith, folklore, and the very soul of New Mexico. The legacy of Spanish settlers and indigenous traditions intermingles here, a quiet conversation that echoes in the simple beauty of the santero carvings and the enduring spirit of community that defines Cordova.
Live animated radar for Cordova 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Cordova, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 36.007247°N, 105.860575°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87523 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cordova, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cordova, 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 Cordova includes coordinates 36.007247°N, 105.860575°W, situated in Rio Arriba County. ZIP code 87523. 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.
