McIntosh, New Mexico Weather
McIntosh, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for McIntosh, Torrance County.
Full aviation weather for McIntosh is published on the Moriarty Municipal Airport (K0E0) page, 13 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. 2 airfields within reach of McIntosh 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 McIntosh: Albuquerque International Sunport (KABQ) 54 km
Conditions reported at K0E0 describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at McIntosh specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for McIntosh.
About McIntosh, New Mexico
McIntosh lies under a vast, indifferent sky, a scattering of buildings against the wide, ochre sweep of the New Mexico high desert. It lies 36.9 miles east-south-east of South Valley, NM (from South Valley, NM: bearing 106°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south of Moriarty. The land itself is a study in muted tones: sagebrush, tough and resilient, dots the dry earth, punctuated by the occasional hardy juniper, its branches twisted like ancient prayers. The air, when it’s not carrying the sharp tang of dust, is often still and clear, allowing distant mesas to stand out in stark relief, their layered rock whispering tales of eons. Evenings here bring a particular quality of light, a slow bleed of rose and violet across the horizon that seems to soften the hard edges of the world, making the sparse landscape feel profound. The history of McIntosh is intrinsically tied to the railroad that once brought life and commerce through this remote stretch, its tracks now a ghost of that past. For a time, the economy here was driven by the land's bounty, by ranches and small farms coaxing sustenance from the arid soil, though the challenges of water scarcity have always been a constant companion. Today, the character of McIntosh is that of a place that endures, its few residents carrying a quiet stoicism born of generations living in concert with this starkly beautiful, demanding environment. There’s a sense of timelessness in the way the days unfold, a deliberate unhurriedness that feels like a gentle pushback against the clamor of the outside world.
Live animated radar for McIntosh 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 | McIntosh, Torrance County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 34.864778°N, 106.051686°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87032 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This McIntosh, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for McIntosh, 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 McIntosh includes coordinates 34.864778°N, 106.051686°W, situated in Torrance County. ZIP code 87032. 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.
