Madrid, New Mexico Weather
Madrid, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Madrid, Santa Fe County.
Full aviation weather for Madrid is published on the Santa Fe Municipal Airport (KSAF) page, 24 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. 4 airfields within reach of Madrid 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 Madrid: Moriarty Municipal Airport (K0E0) 50 km · Los Alamos Airport (KLAM) 54 km · Albuquerque International Sunport (KABQ) 58 km
Conditions reported at KSAF describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Madrid specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Madrid.
About Madrid, New Mexico
Madrid exhales a dry, sun-baked air, a characteristic scent of the high desert country that cradles it. It lies 22.8 miles south-south-west of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 212°T), and is situated 14.8 miles south-west of Eldorado at Santa Fe. The landscape here is a study in ochre and sage, a rugged topography where low, rounded hills meet the vast, indifferent sky. Sparse piñon and juniper cling to the slopes, their gnarled branches a testament to resilience against the arid climate. Dust devils dance on the horizon, ephemeral spirits of the wind, and the light, especially in the late afternoon, takes on a molten quality, bathing the weathered adobe and corrugated tin structures in a warm, almost sacred glow. The silence is profound, punctuated only by the whisper of the breeze through the scrub or the distant cry of a hawk. This is a place with a past etched deeply into its very bones, a history born of coal. For decades, Madrid was a bustling mining town, its streets once alive with the clang of pickaxes and the hurried footsteps of miners seeking their fortune beneath the earth. Though the mines have long since fallen silent, the echoes of that era remain, a palpable undercurrent beneath the present-day quiet. The local economy has since pivoted, embracing a vibrant artistic and tourist identity, with galleries and shops now lining the main thoroughfare, drawing visitors to its unique charm. The town’s distinctive character is a blend of its gritty industrial heritage and its contemporary bohemian spirit, a fascinating juxtaposition that gives Madrid its enduring allure.
Live animated radar for Madrid 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 | Madrid, Santa Fe County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.406705°N, 106.152523°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87010 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Madrid, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Madrid, 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 Madrid includes coordinates 35.406705°N, 106.152523°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. 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.
