Manuelito, New Mexico Weather
Manuelito, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Manuelito, McKinley County.
Full aviation weather for Manuelito is published on the Gallup Municipal Airport (KGUP) page, 21 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 Manuelito 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 Manuelito: Window Rock Airport (KRQE) 26 km · Andrew Othole Memorial Airport (KXNI) 40 km · Ganado Airport (K85V) 57 km
Conditions reported at KGUP describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Manuelito specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Manuelito.
About Manuelito, New Mexico
Manuelito unfolds across a landscape of ochre and rust, where the earth itself seems to breathe a dry, ancient air. It lies 100.1 miles south-south-west of Farmington, NM (from Farmington, NM: bearing 206°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south-west of Williams Acres. Rolling hills, softened by the wind and the slow erosion of eons, give way to broad expanses that catch the sun in a dazzling, almost tangible embrace. Sparse juniper and piñon cling to the slopes, their dark green a stark contrast against the pale, sun-bleached grasses that whisper secrets on the breeze. The sky here is a vast, unblemished dome, often painted in the molten gold and bruised purples of sunset, a spectacle that dwarfs the humble structures of Manuelito. The very air seems to hold a hushed reverence, as if the land itself is a quiet elder, watching the passage of days with patient, weathered eyes. This place, Manuelito, has long been a waypoint, a crossroads etched by the journeys of those who came before. Its history is less a grand narrative and more a collection of quiet persistences, of lives lived in concert with the stark beauty and challenges of the high desert. The local economy, once tied to the rhythms of the land and perhaps more distant railroads, now finds its pulse in the steady, unassuming work of its residents. There are no grand monuments here, but rather the enduring spirit of a community that understands the deep, silent language of the earth, a language written in the textures of rock and the subtle shifts of light across the endless horizon.
Live animated radar for Manuelito 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 | Manuelito, McKinley County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.421968°N, 108.993978°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87319 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Manuelito, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Manuelito, 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 Manuelito includes coordinates 35.421968°N, 108.993978°W, situated in McKinley County. ZIP code 87319. 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.
