El Duende, New Mexico Weather
El Duende, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for El Duende, Rio Arriba County.
Full aviation weather for El Duende is published on the Los Alamos Airport (KLAM) page, 25 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 El Duende 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 El Duende: Santa Fe Municipal Airport (KSAF) 51 km · Taos Regional Airport (KSKX) 58 km
Conditions reported at KLAM describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at El Duende specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for El Duende.
About El Duende, New Mexico
El Duende lies under a vast, indifferent sky, where the Sangre de Cristo Mountains rise in muted shades of ochre and rust, their flanks scored by arroyos that bleed dry in the summer heat. It lies 28.6 miles north-north-west of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 339°T), and is situated 6.1 miles north-north-west of Española. The land here is a study in resilience, a mosaic of hardy piñon and juniper clinging to slopes that often give way to expanses of sagebrush and the occasional, defiant bloom of a desert wildflower. The air, when it’s not sharp with the scent of sun-baked earth, carries the faintest whisper of pine from the higher elevations, a cool counterpoint to the pervasive warmth. Evenings here are painted with an extraordinary light, a slow bleed of rose and amethyst across the western horizon, lending a fleeting, almost spiritual grandeur to the stark, beautiful landscape. The history of El Duende is a quiet one, etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring presence of the land and the enduring spirit of its people. Generations have eked out a living from this challenging terrain, their livelihoods tied to the rhythms of the seasons and the meager but precious resources it offers. While ranching has long been a cornerstone of the local economy, a gentle shift towards artisanal crafts and small-scale tourism has begun to weave itself into the fabric of El Duende, attracting those who seek the profound quiet and unfiltered beauty of northern New Mexico. The echoes of ancient peoples and early settlers still seem to linger on the wind, a reminder of the deep roots that anchor this place in time.
Live animated radar for El Duende 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 | El Duende, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 36.074189°N, 106.120024°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87537 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This El Duende, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for El Duende, 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 El Duende includes coordinates 36.074189°N, 106.120024°W, situated in Rio Arriba County. ZIP code 87537. 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.
