Lemitar, New Mexico Weather
Lemitar, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lemitar, Socorro County.
Full aviation weather for Lemitar is published on the Socorro Municipal Airport (KONM) page, 15 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. 2 airfields within reach of Lemitar 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 Lemitar: Belen Regional Airport (KBRG) 54 km
Conditions reported at KONM describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lemitar specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lemitar.
About Lemitar, New Mexico
Lemitar rests in the vast embrace of the Rio Grande valley, a place where the earth’s ochre tones meet the boundless sky. It lies 60.2 miles south-south-west of South Valley, NM (from South Valley, NM: bearing 193°T), and is situated 7.1 miles north of Socorro. The landscape here is one of subtle grandeur, a wide expanse sculpted by wind and water over millennia. Low-lying mesas, their flanks etched with the stories of ancient rivers, rise gently from the valley floor, their caps catching the sun’s ardent gaze. The air, often dry and carrying the faint, sweet scent of creosote after a rain, hums with a quiet energy. Cottonwood trees, their leaves a vibrant green in the warmer months, cluster along the faint whispers of irrigation ditches, offering pockets of shade and a murmur of life against the persistent, wide-open stillness. The history of Lemitar is interwoven with the persistent flow of the Rio Grande and the tenacious spirit of those who have called this place home. For generations, agriculture has been the lifeblood of Lemitar, the fertile soil yielding crops that sustained communities through harsh winters and sun-baked summers. The echoes of Spanish colonial influence are still present, a subtle legacy in the land use patterns and the enduring diligence of the farming families. While the larger economic currents of the modern world may seem distant, the rhythm of the seasons and the commitment to the land remain the defining characteristics of life in Lemitar, a quiet testament to enduring human connection with the earth.
Live animated radar for Lemitar 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 | Lemitar, Socorro County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 34.159789°N, 106.910306°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87823 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lemitar, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lemitar, 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 Lemitar includes coordinates 34.159789°N, 106.910306°W, situated in Socorro County. ZIP code 87823. 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.
