Luna, New Mexico Weather
Luna, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Luna, Catron County.
Full aviation weather for Luna is published on the Reserve Airport (KT16) page, 17 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 Luna 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 Luna: Springerville Municipal Airport (KJTC) 48 km
Conditions reported at KT16 describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Luna specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Luna.
About Luna, New Mexico
Luna rests in a high desert cradle, where the earth itself seems to breathe the dry, clean air of the Gila National Forest. It lies 79.4 miles north-east of Graham, AZ (from Graham, AZ: bearing 35°T), and is situated 27.9 miles south-east of Eagar. Jagged peaks, their flanks dusted with the muted greens and ochres of juniper and piñon, stand sentinel against a sky that stretches, vast and impossibly blue, across the horizon. The land here is a study in patient sculpture, shaped by wind and infrequent rain into subtle canyons and wide, sweeping mesas that catch the sun in a thousand different shades throughout the day. In the evenings, as the sun dips low, a profound stillness descends, and the light transforms the landscape into burnished gold, a fleeting, ethereal beauty that whispers of ancient rhythms. This is a place where the past seeps into the present, a quiet testament to resilience and adaptation. Luna's history is intrinsically tied to the land's bounty, once a hub for logging and later sustained by the hardy spirit of ranching. The economy, while modest, is anchored in the enduring traditions of livestock and the growing allure of its wild, untamed surroundings for those seeking solitude and adventure. The faint scent of woodsmoke often hangs in the air, a reminder of homesteads and a life lived close to the earth, a distinct character that Luna carries with a quiet dignity, unhurried by the clamor of the wider world.
Live animated radar for Luna 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 | Luna, Catron County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 33.818942°N, 108.954515°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 88301, 87824 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Luna, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Luna, 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 Luna includes coordinates 33.818942°N, 108.954515°W, situated in Catron County. ZIP code 88301, 87824. 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.
