Jacona, New Mexico Weather
Jacona, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Jacona, Santa Fe County.
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About Jacona, New Mexico
Jacona rises from a landscape where ochre earth meets a vast, indifferent sky, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains a distant, hazy blue promise on the horizon. It lies 15.2 miles north-north-west of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 337°T), and is situated 7.3 miles south-south-east of Española. The land here is a study in muted tones, a palette of sagebrush, piñon pine, and juniper clinging to rolling hills that stretch towards the Rio Grande valley. Sunlight, when it descends, casts long, theatrical shadows, turning the dry grasses to burnished gold and etching the arroyos with a deeper, ancient darkness. The air itself carries a fine, persistent dust, a whisper of the desert's patient work, and in the quiet afternoons, the only sounds are the rustle of wind through the sparse vegetation and the occasional, sharp cry of a hawk circling overhead. The history of Jacona is written in the slow erosion of its adobe structures and the enduring presence of its agricultural roots, a lineage stretching back to the indigenous peoples who first worked this land. For centuries, the fertile strips along the nearby rivers sustained life, and that connection to the earth still defines the rhythm of Jacona. While modern economies have brought changes, the essence of the place remains tied to its past, a quiet resilience in the face of shifting times. The distinctive character of Jacona is found not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people, a steadfastness that mirrors the unyielding mountains and the timeless flow of the distant river.
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| Location | Jacona, Santa Fe County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.890581°N, 106.042245°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87506 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Jacona, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jacona, New Mexico, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Jacona includes coordinates 35.890581°N, 106.042245°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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
