Pastura, New Mexico Weather
Pastura, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Pastura, Guadalupe County.
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About Pastura, New Mexico
Pastura rests in a wide, sun-drenched basin where the high plains begin their slow, patient climb towards the distant mesas. It lies 83.9 miles south-east of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 138°T), and is situated 18.4 miles south-west of Santa Rosa. The earth here is a palette of ochre and rust, broken by hardy grama grass that whispers in the perpetual breeze, its dry stalks rustling like forgotten secrets. Cottonwood trees, their leaves a vibrant green against the immense blue sky, mark the scarce presence of water, their roots reaching deep into the thirsty soil. The air, particularly as the sun dips towards the horizon, carries a clean, mineral scent, and the light itself seems to possess a tangible quality, a golden dust that settles softly over the landscape, softening the sharp edges of the world. This quiet corner of Guadalupe County, Pastura, carries the echoes of a frontier past, a time when the railroad first stitched these vast expanses together. Its economy has long been tethered to the land, with ranching shaping the character and livelihoods of its people, a reliance on the hardy livestock that can endure the region's arid beauty. While not a bustling hub, Pastura possesses a distinct spirit, a resilience born from generations of living in harmony with the stark, unyielding grandeur of the New Mexico high desert, where the silence is as profound as the stars that emerge each night.
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| Location | Pastura, Guadalupe County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 34.78284°N, 104.944717°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 88435 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pastura, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pastura, 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 Pastura includes coordinates 34.782840°N, 104.944717°W, situated in Guadalupe County. ZIP code 88435. 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. 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.
