Gallup, New Mexico Weather
Gallup, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Gallup, McKinley County.
Full aviation weather for Gallup is published on the Gallup Municipal Airport (KGUP) page, 4 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. 4 airfields within reach of Gallup 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 Gallup: Window Rock Airport (KRQE) 32 km · Crownpoint Airport (K0E8) 53 km · Andrew Othole Memorial Airport (KXNI) 55 km
Conditions reported at KGUP describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gallup specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gallup.
About Gallup, New Mexico
Gallup rises from a high desert plateau, a landscape sculpted by wind and eons, where the sky feels vast enough to swallow whole clouds. It lies 87.9 miles south-south-west of Farmington, NM (from Farmington, NM: bearing 200°T), and is situated 8.0 miles west of Church Rock. The earth here is a study in ochre and rust, a tapestry of sandstone formations that catch the sun's fierce glow, casting long shadows that stretch and writhe across the scrubland. Juniper and piñon trees, resilient and gnarled, cling to the slopes, their scent a dry, resinous perfume carried on the thin, high-altitude air. Evenings in Gallup are painted with a spectacular, fleeting alchemy of light, as the sun dips below the jagged horizon, bleeding hues of violet and rose across the immense canvas of the western sky. Gallup's story is deeply entwined with the ebb and flow of the railroad, a lifeline that brought its initial boom and continues to shape its identity. For generations, coal mining was the heartbeat of McKinley County, leaving behind a legacy etched into the very earth and the stoic character of its people. Today, while the mines have quieted, Gallup remains a vibrant hub for Native American arts and crafts, a place where intricate jewelry, pottery, and textiles speak of ancient traditions and enduring creativity. The historic El Rancho Hotel, a grand dame of a bygone era, still stands, its hallways echoing with tales of Hollywood stars who once sought refuge from the desert sun, adding a layer of cinematic glamour to this working town on the edge of the vast Navajo Nation.
Live animated radar for Gallup 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 | Gallup, McKinley County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.528078°N, 108.742584°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87301, 87302, 87305 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gallup, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gallup, 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 Gallup includes coordinates 35.528078°N, 108.742584°W, situated in McKinley County. ZIP code 87301, 87302, 87305. 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.
