McCartys, New Mexico Weather
McCartys, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for McCartys, Cibola County.
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About McCartys, New Mexico
McCartys sprawls across a dusty, ochre-tinged canvas where the high desert of Cibola County breathes a dry, sun-baked air. It lies 56.2 miles west of South Valley, NM (from South Valley, NM: bearing 274°T), and is situated 3.5 miles west-north-west of Skyline-Ganipa. The landscape here is a study in patient erosion, vast plains punctuated by mesas that rise like ancient, weathered sentinels against an immense sky. Scrubby piñon and juniper cling tenaciously to the arroyos and slopes, their muted greens a stark contrast to the pale, sandy soil that crunches underfoot. In the lingering twilight, the land seems to absorb the last vestiges of daylight, the shadows deepening into indigo pools that hint at the cool, star-dusted expanse to come. The silence is profound, broken only by the whisper of the wind and the occasional rustle of unseen creatures in the sparse vegetation. The history of McCartys is inextricably linked to the ribbon of the San Jose River, a lifeblood that has drawn human settlement to this arid region for millennia. Long before the arrival of Anglo prospectors and ranchers, indigenous peoples cultivated crops in the fertile riverbanks, leaving behind faint echoes of their presence in the scattered pottery shards and ancient irrigation ditches. Later, the railroad arrived, a transformative force that brought a surge of activity and a brief boom to McCartys, establishing it as a vital stop for both passengers and freight. Though the echoes of that industrial past are now muted, a quiet resilience defines the spirit of McCartys, a place where the economy still finds its footing in the land, with ranching and the enduring presence of the nearby Acoma Pueblo continuing to shape the local character.
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| Location | McCartys, Cibola County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.062819°N, 107.669497°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87034, 87049 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This McCartys, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for McCartys, 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 McCartys includes coordinates 35.062819°N, 107.669497°W, situated in Cibola County. ZIP code 87034, 87049. Telephone area code: 505. Timezone: Mountain Time.
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.
