Lyden, New Mexico Weather
Lyden, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lyden, Rio Arriba County.
Full aviation weather for Lyden is published on the Los Alamos Airport (KLAM) page, 38 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. 3 airfields within reach of Lyden 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 Lyden: Taos Regional Airport (KSKX) 45 km · Santa Fe Municipal Airport (KSAF) 59 km
Conditions reported at KLAM describe the airfield itself. Weather 38 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lyden specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lyden.
About Lyden, New Mexico
Lyden rests within the high desert plains of Rio Arriba County, a landscape sculpted by wind and time where the earth unfolds in broad, ochre washes and the sky, immense and indifferent, stretches to horizons softened by distance. It lies 32.0 miles north of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 353°T), and is situated 7.5 miles west-south-west of Dixon. Sagebrush, tenacious and fragrant, clings to the dry earth, its silver-green foliage a stark contrast to the muted tones of basalt outcrops that punctuate the terrain. The air here carries a profound stillness, broken only by the whisper of wind through sparse grasses or the distant, almost mournful cry of a hawk circling high above. The sun, when it descends, paints the western sky in hues of bruised plum and molten gold, casting long, dramatic shadows that deepen the contours of the land. Lyden's roots are entwined with the fertile, albeit arid, land, its history echoing the resilience of those who have sought sustenance here for generations. The local economy, once perhaps more robust, now hums with a quieter cadence, drawing a modest livelihood from the land and the steady flow of travelers passing through. There are whispers of old mining claims in the surrounding hills, a legacy of resourcefulness that has largely faded, leaving behind only the memory of a more boisterous past. What remains is a profound connection to the elemental forces – the sun, the sky, the earth – that shape life in this high desert expanse, a quiet testament to enduring spirit.
Live animated radar for Lyden 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 | Lyden, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 36.146134°N, 106.005577°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87582 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lyden, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lyden, 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 Lyden includes coordinates 36.146134°N, 106.005577°W, situated in Rio Arriba County. ZIP code 87582. 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.
