Lake Roberts Heights, New Mexico Weather
Lake Roberts Heights, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lake Roberts Heights, Grant County.
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About Lake Roberts Heights, New Mexico
Lake Roberts Heights unfolds across a high desert plateau, where the sky feels impossibly vast and the scrubland, a muted tapestry of greys and ochres, stretches towards distant, eroded mesas. It lies 93.2 miles west-north-west of Las Cruces, NM (from Las Cruces, NM: bearing 302°T), and is situated 19.6 miles north-north-east of Silver City. The air here, especially in the early morning, carries a crispness that hints at elevation, a sharp clarity that cuts through the haze of the day. Sparse piñon and juniper trees cling to the rocky soil, their gnarled branches reaching like ancient fingers, offering scant shade against the persistent sun. The landscape is raw, unvarnished, a place where geological time feels palpable, etched into the very contours of the land. Occasional washes, dry and sandy for much of the year, snake across the terrain, testament to the infrequent but powerful storms that can sweep through this arid expanse. The history of Lake Roberts Heights is intrinsically tied to the resourcefulness of those who sought a living from this challenging environment. Once a place of transient camps for prospectors drawn by rumors of silver and other precious metals, its character was shaped by the boom-and-bust cycles of mining. Later, the establishment of ranches brought a more settled, enduring presence, the land yielding to cattle grazing under the watchful eye of the sun. Today, while echoes of its mining past persist in weathered equipment and forgotten claims, the local economy leans more towards the quiet resilience of ranching and a burgeoning interest in tourism, drawn by the rugged beauty and the opportunities for outdoor recreation. The lake itself, a shimmering jewel in the arid landscape, serves as a focal point, a place for recreation and a gentle reminder of the water that sustains this tenacious corner of New Mexico.
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| Location | Lake Roberts Heights, Grant County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 33.0271°N, 108.1381°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 88049 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lake Roberts Heights, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lake Roberts Heights, 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 Lake Roberts Heights includes coordinates 33.027100°N, 108.138100°W, situated in Grant County. ZIP code 88049. 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. 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.
