Melrose, New Mexico Weather
Melrose, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Melrose, Curry County.
Full aviation weather for Melrose is published on the Cannon Air Force Base (KCVS) page, 29 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 Melrose 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 Melrose: Portales Municipal Airport (KPRZ) 38 km · Clovis Municipal Airport (KCVN) 51 km · Fort Sumner Municipal Airport (KFSU) 54 km
Conditions reported at KCVS describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Melrose specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Melrose.
About Melrose, New Mexico
Melrose, a quiet settlement in Curry County, lies under a vast, high-plains sky, where the land unfolds in wide, sweeping plains punctuated by the occasional low mesa. It lies 24.4 miles west of Clovis, NM (from Clovis, NM: bearing 274°T), and is situated 18.1 miles west of Cannon AFB. The terrain here is an ochre-tinged expanse, a palette of muted earth tones that shift subtly with the changing light, from the bleached, almost silver sheen of midday to the deep, burnished golds of late afternoon. Sparse, resilient grasses carpet the ground, their tawny stalks whispering secrets to the wind that sweeps unimpeded across this open country. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the mineral dust of the earth and, when the season is right, the faintest perfume of wild sagebrush. The horizon, a distant, unwavering line, seems to beckon the eye outward, a constant reminder of the immense space that defines this corner of New Mexico. The history of Melrose is intrinsically tied to the railroads that once traversed these plains, their iron arteries bringing settlers and commerce to this remote frontier. The local economy, once reliant on the railroad and the cattle ranching that followed, now finds its pulse in agriculture, with fields of sorghum and alfalfa stretching towards the horizon, their green rows a stark contrast to the surrounding arid landscape. Peculiar to Melrose are the scattered, weathered windmills, their blades turning with a slow, deliberate rhythm, pumping precious water from deep beneath the earth, a quiet testament to the ingenuity required to thrive in this challenging environment. The pace of life in Melrose is measured, unhurried, dictated by the sun’s arc and the turning of the seasons, a gentle rhythm that has endured for generations, absorbing the passing of time with a quiet resilience.
Live animated radar for Melrose 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 | Melrose, Curry County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 34.430352°N, 103.63246°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 88124 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Melrose, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Melrose, 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 Melrose includes coordinates 34.430352°N, 103.632460°W, situated in Curry County. ZIP code 88124. 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. 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.
