Jaconita, New Mexico Weather
Jaconita, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Jaconita, Santa Fe County.
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About Jaconita, New Mexico
Jaconita lies spread across a broad, sun-baked expanse where the high desert begins to soften into rolling foothills. It lies 15.4 miles north-north-west of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 334°T), and is situated 7.3 miles south of Española. The land itself is a study in muted ochre and sage, a canvas of dry grasses and scattered piñon pines that stand like stoic sentinels against the vast, indifferent sky. Dust motes dance in the sharp, clear light, catching the sun’s descent in a slow, golden waltz. The air, when it moves, carries the faint, dry scent of creosote and distant, sun-warmed rock, a smell that speaks of patient endurance and a landscape shaped by forces older than memory. Here, the quiet is not an absence of sound, but a profound presence, punctuated only by the whisper of wind through the sparse vegetation or the occasional, sharp cry of a hawk circling overhead. The history of Jaconita is as much a part of its soil as the ancient riverbeds that snake across the terrain, though they often run dry for much of the year. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile land in a harsh environment, established small homesteads, their lives intertwined with the cycles of rain and sun. The local economy, though modest, is rooted in the land, with small-scale agriculture and ranching forming the backbone for many families. You'll find hardy crops cultivated where irrigation allows, and cattle grazing on the scrubby pastures. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring spirit of Jaconita is evident in the weathered adobe walls of older structures and the quiet tenacity of its people, a resilience forged in the crucible of this starkly beautiful, often unforgiving, but always captivating, corner of New Mexico.
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| Location | Jaconita, Santa Fe County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.886137°N, 106.060023°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 Jaconita, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jaconita, 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 Jaconita includes coordinates 35.886137°N, 106.060023°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.
