Magdalena, New Mexico Weather
Magdalena, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Magdalena, Socorro County.
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About Magdalena, New Mexico
Magdalena rests in a wide basin, a place where the earth seems to exhale a quiet, dusty breath under a sky that stretches, impossibly, from horizon to horizon. It lies 69.6 miles south-south-west of South Valley, NM (from South Valley, NM: bearing 208°T), and is situated 19.4 miles west-south-west of Polvadera. The landscape here is a study in muted tones: the pale ochre of the arid soil, the dusty green of scrubby junipers clinging to rocky outcrops, and the distant, hazy blue of the Magdalena Mountains that form a rugged, protective wall. The air, especially in the late afternoon, holds a dry, clean scent, carrying the faint, sweet perfume of creosote after a rare, fleeting shower. The silence is profound, broken only by the whisper of wind across the plains or the distant, mournful cry of a hawk circling high overhead. Even the buildings, weathered by sun and wind, seem to lean into the earth, their adobe walls and corrugated tin roofs blending into the natural palette, giving Magdalena a grounded, unpretentious character. This is a place etched by the passage of the railroad, a lifeline that once pulsed with the lifeblood of mining and ranching, and whose ghost still seems to linger in the quiet sidings and the skeletal remains of old water towers. Magdalena’s economy, though leaner now, still draws on the enduring spirit of the land, with cattle ranching and a quiet hum of tourism around the nearby Very Large Array radio astronomy observatory providing its livelihood. The town itself is a collection of weathered storefronts and homes, each with its own story whispered in peeling paint and sun-bleached porches. There's a certain stoic beauty to Magdalena, a resilience born from decades of making do, of finding sustenance and community in this vast, open country where the stars blaze with an unhindered brilliance on clear desert nights.
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| Location | Magdalena, Socorro County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 34.11673°N, 107.243925°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87825 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Magdalena, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Magdalena, New Mexico, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Magdalena includes coordinates 34.116730°N, 107.243925°W, situated in Socorro County. ZIP code 87825. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
