Elida, New Mexico Weather
Elida, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Elida, Roosevelt County.
Full aviation weather for Elida is published on the Portales Municipal Airport (KPRZ) page, 32 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 Elida 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 Elida: Cannon Air Force Base (KCVS) 57 km
Conditions reported at KPRZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Elida specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Elida.
About Elida, New Mexico
Elida breathes a quiet, sun-drenched existence across the rolling plains of eastern New Mexico. It lies 40.8 miles south-west of Clovis, NM (from Clovis, NM: bearing 219°T), and is situated 24.8 miles south-west of Portales. The land here unfolds in broad, sweeping gestures, a vast canvas of pale grasses punctuated by the stoic, weathered forms of mesquite and yucca, their silhouettes sharp against an impossibly wide sky. The air, especially in the early morning and late afternoon, carries a clean, dry scent, a subtle perfume of dust and sagebrush that speaks of immense distances and patient growth. Buildings, mostly modest and painted in muted tones that blend with the earth, cluster around a single main street, their windows reflecting the endless blue overhead, a silent testament to the enduring spirit of those who have made their home in this open country. The silence here is not an absence of sound, but a presence; it is a deep, resonant quietude that allows the whisper of the wind through the dry grasses to become a voice. The history of Elida is intrinsically tied to the westward expansion and the promise of land, a story etched into the very character of its people. Founded in the early 20th century, its economy has long been anchored in the fertile, albeit dry, earth, with ranching and agriculture forming the backbone of its sustenance. The gentle rise and fall of the terrain, so characteristic of the High Plains, has shaped not only the landscape but the resilience of its inhabitants, who have learned to coax life from this often-austere environment. While no grand monuments mark its passage, the enduring presence of its community, the weathered fences stretching towards the horizon, and the stoic faces of its residents all bear witness to a deep-rooted connection to this particular stretch of New Mexico, a place where the horizon feels infinite and the passage of time is measured by the slow, deliberate turning of the seasons.
Live animated radar for Elida 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 | Elida, Roosevelt County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 33.946753°N, 103.656626°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 88116 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elida, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elida, 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 Elida includes coordinates 33.946753°N, 103.656626°W, situated in Roosevelt County. ZIP code 88116. 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.
