La Jara, New Mexico Weather
La Jara, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for La Jara, Mora County.
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About La Jara, New Mexico
La Jara rests in a high valley, a place where the Sangre de Cristo Mountains begin their rugged ascent, their flanks painted in shades of ochre and pine. It lies 49.1 miles east-north-east of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 59°T), and is situated 9.7 miles east-north-east of Mora. The air here carries a crispness, even in the summer months, a testament to the elevation and the surrounding vastness of the landscape. Cottonwood trees line the intermittent washes, their leaves a vibrant green against the dusty earth, rustling like whispered secrets in the infrequent breeze. The horizon is a dramatic sweep, a constant reminder of the wild immensity that enfolds this small settlement, where the sky feels impossibly large and the silence profound. The history of La Jara is etched into the very land, a story of homesteaders and ranchers who sought sustenance from this sometimes unforgiving terrain. For generations, the economy has been tied to the land, with cattle ranching and a hardy spirit of self-sufficiency defining its character. While mining once played a role in the broader region, La Jara itself remains a place where the pace of life is dictated by the seasons and the needs of the livestock. The local traditions are those of a close-knit community, where neighbors know each other by name and the rhythm of the day is often marked by the movement of the sun across the immense New Mexico sky.
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| Location | La Jara, Mora County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 36.049759°N, 105.183343°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87722, 87027 |
| Area Code | 575, 505 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This La Jara, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for La Jara, 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 La Jara includes coordinates 36.049759°N, 105.183343°W, situated in Mora County. ZIP code 87722, 87027. Telephone area code: 575, 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.
