Los Ojos, New Mexico Weather
Los Ojos, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Los Ojos, Rio Arriba County.
Full aviation weather for Los Ojos is published on the Jicarilla Apache Nation Airport (K24N) page, 30 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.
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.
Conditions reported at K24N describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Los Ojos specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Los Ojos.
About Los Ojos, New Mexico
Los Ojos rests within a broad valley floor, a place where the sky seems to unfurl its vastness with an almost palpable generosity. It lies 80.2 miles north-north-west of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 334°T), and is situated 12.0 miles south of Chama. The land here is a study in muted earth tones, ochre and sienna bleeding into the pale, sun-bleached grasses that carpet the gentle slopes rising towards distant, rugged mesas. Cottonwood trees, their leaves a vibrant, almost defiant green, cluster along the shallow, meandering washes that scar the landscape, their reflections shimmering in the infrequent pools of water, a cool counterpoint to the arid expanse. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faint, sweet perfume of sun-baked sagebrush and the mineral tang of the nearby earth. The history of Los Ojos is as deeply rooted as the ancient piñon pines that cling to the higher ground, a story told in the weathered adobe of its oldest structures and the enduring spirit of its people. This was a place shaped by the confluence of Spanish settlers and indigenous traditions, a crossroads where livelihoods were forged from the land. For generations, the economy of Los Ojos has been tied to the rhythms of agriculture, with farmers coaxing sustenance from the soil and ranchers guiding their herds across the expansive pastures. The Rio Chama, a lifeblood for this region, flows not far from the settlement, its presence a constant, murmuring reminder of the water's precious bounty, and the quiet diligence required to harness it for life.
Live animated radar for Los Ojos 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 | Los Ojos, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 36.729181°N, 106.570035°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87551 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Los Ojos, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Los Ojos, 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 Los Ojos includes coordinates 36.729181°N, 106.570035°W, situated in Rio Arriba County. ZIP code 87551. 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.
