Kingston, New Mexico Weather
Kingston, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kingston, Sierra County.
Full aviation weather for Kingston is published on the Whiskey Creek Airport (K94E) page, 50 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. 3 airfields within reach of Kingston 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 Kingston: Grant County Airport (KSVC) 52 km · Truth or Consequences Municipal Airport (KTCS) 54 km
Conditions reported at K94E describe the airfield itself. Weather 50 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kingston specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kingston.
About Kingston, New Mexico
Kingston sits in a high valley, a scattering of buildings embraced by the rugged peaks of the Black Range. It lies 68.3 miles north-west of Las Cruces, NM (from Las Cruces, NM: bearing 308°T), and is situated 26.9 miles east-north-east of Bayard. The air here carries the clean, sharp scent of piñon pine and juniper, especially potent in the late afternoon when the sun begins its descent, painting the ochre earth and the weathered wood of the houses in hues of rose and gold. Canyon walls, fractured and ancient, rise steeply on either side, their surfaces a mosaic of stone and scrub, hinting at the immense geologic forces that shaped this remote pocket of New Mexico. The landscape feels vast and untamed, a place where the silence is as profound as the sky above. This quiet corner of Sierra County holds the echoes of a boom-and-bust past, a legacy etched into the very bones of Kingston. Founded in the late 19th century, its fortunes were tied to the veins of silver and gold that pulsed beneath the mountains. Though the mines have long since quieted, a spirit of independence and resilience persists, a characteristic forged in the crucible of isolation and hard labor. Today, Kingston’s economy is a gentle hum of tourism and small-scale ranching, drawing visitors who seek the stillness and the raw, unvarnished beauty of the Gila National Forest that surrounds it. The local store, a gathering point for gossip and supplies, serves as the beating heart of a community that values neighborliness and the slow, deliberate pace of life.
Live animated radar for Kingston 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 | Kingston, Sierra County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 32.917018°N, 107.706144°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 88042 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kingston, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kingston, 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 Kingston includes coordinates 32.917018°N, 107.706144°W, situated in Sierra County. ZIP code 88042. 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.
