Luis Lopez, New Mexico Weather
Luis Lopez, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Luis Lopez, Socorro County.
Full aviation weather for Luis Lopez is published on the Socorro Municipal Airport (KONM) page, 4 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 KONM describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Luis Lopez specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Luis Lopez.
About Luis Lopez, New Mexico
Luis Lopez rests under the vast New Mexico sky, a place where the ochre earth meets the pale blue heavens with a gentle, sun-baked sigh. It lies 71.5 miles south of South Valley, NM (from South Valley, NM: bearing 190°T), and is situated 4.8 miles south of Socorro. The landscape here is a study in muted tones, the distant mesas rising like ancient, sleeping giants, their shoulders dusted with the sparse green of juniper and piñon. The Rio Grande, a silver thread in the distance, draws life through this arid expanse, its willows a vibrant contrast to the sun-bleached grasses that sway in the persistent, warm breeze. Even the air itself seems to hold a certain stillness, a quiet reverence for the enduring power of the land. The history of Luis Lopez is as deeply rooted as the cottonwood trees that line its namesake river, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have coaxed sustenance from this challenging soil. Once a vital stop along the El Camino Real, its fortunes ebbed and flowed with the ebb and flow of travelers and trade. Today, the economy of Luis Lopez is a quiet hum of agricultural endeavor, the fields often showcasing the deep green of alfalfa and the golden promise of chili peppers, nurtured by the life-giving waters of the Rio Grande. The echoes of Spanish heritage are present in the very names of the land and the enduring traditions that still hold sway, a subtle reminder of the layers of human presence that have shaped this particular corner of Socorro County.
Live animated radar for Luis Lopez 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 | Luis Lopez, Socorro County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 33.988955°N, 106.885304°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87801 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Luis Lopez, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Luis Lopez, 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 Luis Lopez includes coordinates 33.988955°N, 106.885304°W, situated in Socorro County. ZIP code 87801. 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.
