Picacho Hills, New Mexico Weather
Picacho Hills, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Picacho Hills, Doña Ana County.
Full aviation weather for Picacho Hills is published on the Las Cruces International Airport (KLRU) page, 5 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 Picacho Hills 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 Picacho Hills: Doña Ana County International Jetport (KDNA) 51 km
Conditions reported at KLRU describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Picacho Hills specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Picacho Hills.
About Picacho Hills, New Mexico
Picacho Hills rises from the arid plains, a collection of stark, weathered buttes and mesas that catch the late afternoon sun like embers. It lies 5.5 miles west of Las Cruces, NM (from Las Cruces, NM: bearing 271°T), and is situated 7.3 miles west-north-west of University Park. The landscape is a study in ochre and rust, the earth cracked and thirsty, dotted with tenacious creosote bushes and the skeletal forms of cholla cactus. Winds, carrying the grit of centuries, sculpt the sandstone into fantastic shapes, their surfaces etched by the relentless desert elements. The air, thin and dry, carries the faint, dry scent of dust and sage, a perfume unique to this high desert expanse. As evening approaches, the shadows lengthen, painting the slopes in hues of deep purple and indigo, a quiet spectacle played out against a sky that promises a canopy of brilliant stars. The history of Picacho Hills is tied to the ancient pathways of peoples who understood the scarce water sources and the strategic vantage points these elevations offered. Later, prospectors, drawn by whispers of mineral wealth, carved their own stories into the rugged terrain, though the true enduring economy of this region has always been rooted in the land’s quiet resilience. Ranching, sustained by hardy breeds adapted to the sparse grazing, still defines the rhythm of life for many. The vastness surrounding Picacho Hills fosters a sense of patient endurance, a spirit of self-reliance born from the challenges and stark beauty of the Chihuahuan Desert.
Live animated radar for Picacho Hills 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.
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| Location | Picacho Hills, Doña Ana County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 32.313849°N, 106.872252°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 88007 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Picacho Hills, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Picacho Hills, 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 Picacho Hills includes coordinates 32.313849°N, 106.872252°W, situated in Doña Ana County. ZIP code 88007. 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.
