Midway, New Mexico Weather
Midway, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Midway, Chaves County.
Full aviation weather for Midway is published on the Roswell Air Center Airport (KROW) page, 8 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 Midway 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 Midway: Artesia Municipal Airport (KATS) 49 km
Conditions reported at KROW describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Midway specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Midway.
About Midway, New Mexico
Midway rests under a sky so vast it seems to hum with its own quiet song, a place where the high plains of southeastern New Mexico begin their gentle, almost imperceptible dip towards the Pecos River basin. It lies 8.0 miles south-south-east of Roswell, NM (from Roswell, NM: bearing 149°T), and is situated 8.1 miles north-north-west of Dexter. The land here is a study in muted resilience, a canvas of pale grasses and hardy scrub brushing against a horizon that stretches into infinity, broken only by the distant, hazy shapes of mesas. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the dust of the earth and the faint perfume of sagebrush, a fragrance that whispers of long, sun-drenched days and nights that cool to a crystalline clarity. The few structures that comprise Midway seem to cling to the earth, low-slung and weathered, as if born of the very soil they occupy, their presence a quiet assertion against the immensity of the landscape. The story of Midway is etched not in grand monuments but in the persistent spirit of those who have coaxed life from this arid expanse. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of land and the burgeoning railroad, established a foothold here, their dreams tethered to the fertile, if sometimes capricious, flow of the nearby Pecos River and the sustenance it offered to ranching and agriculture. The local economy, though modest, is deeply rooted in the land, with cattle ranching and the cultivation of hardy crops like cotton and sorghum forming the backbone of its livelihood. There's a palpable sense of continuity in Midway, a quiet understanding passed down through generations, a rhythm of planting and harvest, of sun and rain, that dictates the pace of life. The community, though small, possesses a distinct character, a blend of stoic independence and neighborly warmth, where the shared experience of living under such an immense sky forges a unique bond.
Live animated radar for Midway 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 | Midway, Chaves County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 33.294825°N, 104.450522°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 88130, 88230 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Midway, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Midway, 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 Midway includes coordinates 33.294825°N, 104.450522°W, situated in Chaves County. ZIP code 88130, 88230. 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.
