Lee Acres, New Mexico Weather
Lee Acres, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lee Acres, San Juan County.
Full aviation weather for Lee Acres is published on the Four Corners Regional Airport (KFMN) page, 18 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. 4 airfields within reach of Lee Acres 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 Lee Acres: Durango La Plata County Airport (KDRO) 56 km · Animas Air Park (K00C) 58 km · Shiprock Airstrip (K5V5) 59 km
Conditions reported at KFMN describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lee Acres specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lee Acres.
About Lee Acres, New Mexico
Lee Acres unfolds across a high desert plateau, where the earth, a palette of ochre and rust, rolls gently towards the distant, hazy mesas. It lies 10.3 miles east-south-east of Farmington, NM (from Farmington, NM: bearing 101°T), and is situated 3.0 miles west-south-west of Bloomfield. The air, thin and crisp, carries the scent of sun-baked sagebrush and the faint, metallic tang of minerals. Sparse piñon pines and junipers cling tenaciously to the sandy soil, their gnarled branches reaching like supplicating hands towards a vast, often brilliant blue sky. The silence here is profound, broken only by the whisper of wind across the scrub and the occasional, distant cry of a hawk circling in the thermals. Even the shadows, cast long and sharp by the low-slung sun, seem to possess a tangible presence, deepening the colors of the land as evening approaches. The history of Lee Acres is tied to the tenacious spirit of those who sought sustenance from this arid landscape, a story etched not in grand monuments but in the quiet persistence of its inhabitants. Ranching, though often a struggle against the elements, has long been a cornerstone of the local economy, the legacy of hardy souls who learned to coax life from the unforgiving earth. The land itself holds echoes of ancient peoples, their presence felt in the subtle shifts of the terrain and the enduring spirit of resilience. While modern industries have brought change, the fundamental character of Lee Acres remains one of quiet fortitude, a place where the rhythm of days is dictated by the sun and the seasons, and where a deep connection to the land is not a choice, but a necessity.
Live animated radar for Lee Acres 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.
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| Location | Lee Acres, San Juan County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 36.698894°N, 108.036735°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87107, 87401 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lee Acres, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lee Acres, 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 Lee Acres includes coordinates 36.698894°N, 108.036735°W, situated in San Juan County. ZIP code 87107, 87401. 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. 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.
