Nogal, New Mexico Weather
Nogal, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Nogal, Lincoln County.
Full aviation weather for Nogal is published on the Sierra Blanca Regional Airport (KSRR) page, 19 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 Nogal 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 Nogal: Carrizozo Municipal Airport (KF37) 20 km
Conditions reported at KSRR describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Nogal specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Nogal.
About Nogal, New Mexico
Nogal, a whisper of human endeavor against the vast New Mexican canvas, unfolds in a landscape sculpted by wind and sun. It lies 47.8 miles north-north-east of Alamogordo, NM (from Alamogordo, NM: bearing 18°T), and is situated 7.9 miles west of Capitan. The terrain here is a study in muted earth tones, where the gentle, rolling foothills of the Sacramento Mountains begin their ascent, giving way to a rugged grandeur that speaks of ancient geological forces. Sagebrush, resilient and fragrant, carpets the lower reaches, its silvery-green a stark contrast against the ochre dust that coats everything. Higher up, the land shifts, embracing stands of piñon and juniper, their gnarled forms testament to their tenacious grip on the stony soil. The air, thin and crisp, carries the scent of dry earth and distant pine, and in the late afternoon, the light descends in liquid gold, softening the sharp edges of the mountains into a painterly haze. The history of Nogal is as interwoven with the earth as the very roots of the piñon trees that dot its hillsides. This was a place that once pulsed with the promise of silver, a memory that lingers in the weathered remnants of mining operations and the quiet tenacity of its inhabitants. The local economy, though it has long since moved beyond its boom-and-bust mining days, retains a connection to the land, with ranching and a burgeoning tourism industry drawing visitors seeking the unadorned beauty of this region. Nogal maintains a character defined by its remoteness and the quiet strength of its people, a place where the passage of time feels measured not by ticking clocks, but by the slow, deliberate arc of the sun across the immense sky.
Live animated radar for Nogal 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 | Nogal, Lincoln County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 33.558132°N, 105.707763°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 88341 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Nogal, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Nogal, 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 Nogal includes coordinates 33.558132°N, 105.707763°W, situated in Lincoln County. ZIP code 88341. 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.
