El Rancho, New Mexico Weather
El Rancho, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for El Rancho, Santa Fe County.
Full aviation weather for El Rancho is published on the Los Alamos Airport (KLAM) page, 17 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. 2 airfields within reach of El Rancho 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 Rancho: Santa Fe Municipal Airport (KSAF) 30 km
Conditions reported at KLAM describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at El Rancho specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for El Rancho.
About El Rancho, New Mexico
El Rancho unfolds under a vast New Mexico sky, a place where the high desert breathes with a quiet intensity. It lies 16.1 miles north-north-west of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 330°T), and is situated 7.0 miles south of Española. The land here is a study in muted earth tones, ochre and umber stretching toward distant mesas that rise like ancient, sleeping giants. Sparse piñon and juniper cling to the slopes, their gnarled branches etched against the perpetually clear blue overhead, and the air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the dry, clean scent of sun-baked sagebrush and the faint, metallic tang of distant minerals. Occasional washes, dry for much of the year, scar the terrain, testament to the infrequent but powerful rains that sculpt the landscape, and the silence is often broken only by the whisper of wind through the scrub or the distant cry of a hawk circling high above. The history of El Rancho is as layered as the strata visible in the surrounding canyons, a place shaped by Spanish land grants and the enduring spirit of those who sought sustenance from this rugged earth. For generations, ranching has been the quiet heartbeat of El Rancho's economy, the raising of cattle and horses a tradition deeply ingrained in the local character. While the larger agricultural enterprises have shifted, small ranches still dot the landscape, their weathered fences testament to decades of hard work. This heritage is palpable in the unhurried pace of life, in the way neighbors still greet each other with genuine warmth, and in the subtle echo of old adobe walls that hint at a past both resilient and enduring.
Live animated radar for El Rancho 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 Rancho, Santa Fe County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.889192°N, 106.079746°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87506 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This El Rancho, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for El Rancho, 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 Rancho includes coordinates 35.889192°N, 106.079746°W, situated in Santa Fe County. ZIP code 87506. 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.
