Ensenada, New Mexico Weather
Ensenada, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ensenada, Rio Arriba County.
Full aviation weather for Ensenada is published on the Jicarilla Apache Nation Airport (K24N) page, 33 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 K24N describe the airfield itself. Weather 33 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ensenada specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ensenada.
About Ensenada, New Mexico
Ensenada unfolds onto a landscape of ochre earth and scrubby piñon, a place where the sky seems to stretch wider than anywhere else. It lies 79.2 miles north-north-west of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 335°T), and is situated 12.4 miles south-south-east of Chama. The terrain here is a study in subtle erosion, the low mesas and arroyos speaking of water's patient artistry, even in this arid embrace. Sunlight, when it breaks free of the often-clear skies, falls with a sharp, bright intensity, bleaching the dust and highlighting the resilient green of juniper and sagebrush. The air itself carries a dry, mineral tang, a scent that clings to the senses, and in the quiet hours, the wind whispers through the sparse vegetation, a constant, dry murmur. The history of Ensenada is etched into the very character of its people, a lineage tracing back to the earliest settlements in this high desert region, a testament to endurance and adaptation. The local economy, once reliant on the hardy livestock that could find sustenance in these sparse pastures, now finds a different kind of harvest in the quiet beauty and the burgeoning interest in this remote corner of New Mexico. Visitors are drawn to the stark, unadorned vistas, the sense of solitude and the deep, resonant silence that blankets the land. There are no grand pronouncements here, no clamor of industry, but a persistent, quiet hum of existence, a way of life shaped by the immense sky and the enduring earth.
Live animated radar for Ensenada 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 | Ensenada, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 36.727236°N, 106.533367°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87575 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ensenada, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ensenada, 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 Ensenada includes coordinates 36.727236°N, 106.533367°W, situated in Rio Arriba County. ZIP code 87575. 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.
