Eagle Nest, New Mexico Weather
Eagle Nest, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Eagle Nest, Colfax County.
Full aviation weather for Eagle Nest is published on the Angel Fire Airport (KAXX) page, 15 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 Eagle Nest 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 Eagle Nest: Taos Regional Airport (KSKX) 39 km · Questa Municipal Nr 2 Airport (KN24) 40 km
Conditions reported at KAXX describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Eagle Nest specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Eagle Nest.
About Eagle Nest, New Mexico
Eagle Nest rests within a high mountain basin, a broad expanse where the Sangre de Cristo Mountains begin their dramatic ascent. It lies 70.8 miles north-north-east of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 32°T), and is situated 20.0 miles east-north-east of Taos. The air here carries a crispness, a scent of pine and dry earth that sharpens the senses, especially as the sun dips low, painting the sky in bruised purples and fiery oranges. The land itself is a study in gentle slopes giving way to more rugged peaks, a place where the vast, open sky feels both a benevolent blanket and a boundless witness to the quiet unfolding of days. The lake, a glinting jewel in the landscape, reflects the changing moods of the heavens, its shores a mosaic of scrubby grasses, tenacious wildflowers, and the occasional sturdy juniper. The history of Eagle Nest is inextricably linked to its natural bounty, a story etched in the slow flow of the Cimarron River and the enduring spirit of its people. For generations, this valley has sustained life, first for indigenous peoples, then for settlers drawn by the promise of fertile land and abundant game. The economy, once deeply rooted in ranching and agriculture, now finds a significant pulse in the vibrant tourism that flocks to the lake and surrounding wilderness for recreation, a quiet hum of activity that rises and falls with the seasons. You can still feel the echoes of earlier times in the weathered wood of the buildings that line the main street, a subtle reminder of the resilience and resourcefulness that has always characterized Eagle Nest.
Live animated radar for Eagle Nest 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 | Eagle Nest, Colfax County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 36.554754°N, 105.263618°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87718 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Eagle Nest, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Eagle Nest, 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 Eagle Nest includes coordinates 36.554754°N, 105.263618°W, situated in Colfax County. ZIP code 87718. 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. 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.
