Los Cerrillos, New Mexico Weather
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Los Cerrillos, Santa Fe County.
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About Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
Los Cerrillos lies under a sky that stretches, immense and often a startling, pure blue, above a landscape of rugged arroyos and rolling hills. It lies 20.2 miles south-south-west of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 211°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south of La Cienega. The earth here is a palette of ochre and rust, dusted with the muted greens of sagebrush and the spiky tenacity of yucca. Sunlight, when it falls, has a particular quality, a dry, clear intensity that sharpens the edges of the horizon and casts long, dancing shadows as the day matures. The air itself carries a subtle scent of dust and dry grass, a breath of the high desert that seems to settle deep within the lungs, lending a quiet stillness to the very act of breathing. This place, Los Cerrillos, holds within its dry soil the echoes of a more boisterous past, a time when prospectors and miners sought their fortunes in the surrounding hills. Though the boom times of turquoise and silver have long since receded, a ghost of that industry lingers in the weathered adobe buildings and the names of forgotten claims. Today, the economy of Los Cerrillos is a slower, more artisanal affair, drawing visitors to its galleries and studios where local artists interpret the unique light and spirit of the region. The pace of life is unhurried, marked by the slow crawl of pickup trucks and the friendly nods exchanged between residents, a quiet continuity against the vast, indifferent beauty of the New Mexico landscape.
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| Location | Los Cerrillos, Santa Fe County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.43752°N, 106.124591°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87010 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Los Cerrillos, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Los Cerrillos, 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 Los Cerrillos includes coordinates 35.437520°N, 106.124591°W, situated in Santa Fe County. ZIP code 87010. 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. 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.
