McGaffey, New Mexico Weather
McGaffey, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for McGaffey, McKinley County.
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About McGaffey, New Mexico
McGaffey lies under a vast, luminous sky that bleeds into shades of ochre and amethyst at day's end. It lies 94.9 miles south of Farmington, NM (from Farmington, NM: bearing 190°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-south-east of Fort Wingate. The land here is a study in stoic endurance, sculpted by wind and sun into a terrain of rolling mesas and shallow arroyos. Sparse piñon and juniper trees cling to the slopes, their gnarled branches reaching like supplicating hands towards the endless blue. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a blend of sun-baked earth and the faint, resinous perfume of pine. Here, the silence is not an absence of sound, but a presence, a deep resonance that hums with the ancient stories of the land. The history of McGaffey is etched into the very shape of its landscape, a testament to generations who have found sustenance and a quiet existence in this rugged country. While the precise origins of its name are lost to the whispers of the wind, the spirit of resilience that defines it remains palpable. The local economy, historically tied to the rhythms of the earth and the extraction of its bounty, now finds its footing in a more varied, though still modest, endeavor. McGaffey carries the quiet dignity of a place that has learned to thrive on its own terms, a character forged not in grand pronouncements, but in the steady, persistent hum of everyday life.
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| Location | McGaffey, McKinley County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.375304°N, 108.515633°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87316, 87347 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This McGaffey, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for McGaffey, 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 McGaffey includes coordinates 35.375304°N, 108.515633°W, situated in McKinley County. ZIP code 87316, 87347. 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. 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.
