Elephant Butte, New Mexico Weather
Elephant Butte, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Elephant Butte, Sierra County.
Full aviation weather for Elephant Butte is published on the Truth or Consequences Municipal Airport (KTCS) page, 13 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KTCS describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Elephant Butte specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Elephant Butte.
About Elephant Butte, New Mexico
Elephant Butte rises from a high desert plateau, a sentinel of ancient earth sculpted by wind and sun. It lies 62.4 miles north-north-west of Las Cruces, NM (from Las Cruces, NM: bearing 338°T), and is situated 4.2 miles east-north-east of Truth or Consequences. The land here unfolds in broad strokes of ochre and rust, punctuated by the hardy greens of juniper and sagebrush that cling tenaciously to the arroyos and mesas. Distant mountain ranges, their peaks softened by the haze of perpetual summer, form a jagged horizon, while closer at hand, the terrain is a study in subtle contours and weathered rock formations. The air itself carries a dry, mineral scent, a testament to the arid embrace of this landscape, and in the late afternoon, the light spills across the land in a molten gold, transforming the ordinary into something ethereal. The story of Elephant Butte is inextricably linked to the great reservoir that gives it prominence, a vast expanse of shimmering blue carved from the Rio Grande. This water, a lifeblood in the desert, has shaped the local economy, drawing visitors for recreation and sustaining agricultural endeavors in the surrounding valleys. The town itself hums with a quiet energy, a place where the pace of life is measured by the slow drift of clouds and the enduring presence of the vast, open sky. Echoes of its past as a watering stop and later a burgeoning tourist destination can still be felt, a gentle undercurrent beneath the modern hum of lakeside activity and the enduring spirit of its residents.
Live animated radar for Elephant Butte 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.
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| Location | Elephant Butte, Sierra County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 33.148683°N, 107.18475°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87901, 87935 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elephant Butte, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elephant Butte, 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 Elephant Butte includes coordinates 33.148683°N, 107.184750°W, situated in Sierra County. ZIP code 87901, 87935. 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.
