Costilla, New Mexico Weather
Costilla, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Costilla, Taos County.
Full aviation weather for Costilla is published on the Questa Municipal Nr 2 Airport (KN24) page, 20 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. 4 airfields within reach of Costilla 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 Costilla: Blanca Airport (K05V) 48 km · San Luis Valley Regional Airport/Bergman Field (KALS) 59 km · Taos Regional Airport (KSKX) 60 km
Conditions reported at KN24 describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Costilla specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Costilla.
About Costilla, New Mexico
Costilla lies under a sky that often stretches, immense and luminous, a pale blue dome over the Sangre de Cristo foothills. It lies 91.9 miles north-north-east of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 14°T), and is situated 19.1 miles north of Questa. The land here is a study in muted earth tones, ochre and rust and the dusty sage green of the hardy scrub that clings to the slopes. Low, scrubby piñon and juniper dot the landscape, their branches gnarled like ancient hands reaching for the sun. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a whisper of pine and distant dust, and in the late afternoon, the light softens, bathing the rough terrain in a warm, honeyed glow that seems to gather in the hollows. The Rio Costilla, a ribbon of silver and green, snakes through the valley, its murmur a constant counterpoint to the silence of the hills. The history of Costilla is deeply entwined with the land and the traditions it has nurtured. This is a place where generations have worked the soil, drawing a living from the fertile valley floor, a legacy evident in the scattered adobe homesteads and the enduring rhythm of agricultural life. The economy, though modest, is anchored in the bounty of the earth, with small-scale farming and ranching forming the backbone of the community. For centuries, this valley has been a quiet crossroads, a place where cultures have met and mingled, leaving their imprint on the character of Costilla. It is this deep connection to its past, to the water that flows and the earth that sustains, that gives Costilla its distinctive, understated grace.
Live animated radar for Costilla 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 | Costilla, Taos County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 36.975855°N, 105.53112°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87524 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Costilla, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Costilla, 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 Costilla includes coordinates 36.975855°N, 105.531120°W, situated in Taos County. ZIP code 87524. 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.
