Placitas, New Mexico Weather
Placitas, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Placitas, Doña Ana County.
Full aviation weather for Placitas is published on the Las Cruces International Airport (KLRU) page, 48 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KLRU describe the airfield itself. Weather 48 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Placitas specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Placitas.
About Placitas, New Mexico
Placitas rises from the ochre earth, a scatter of adobe and stucco homes clinging to the foothills of the Sandia Mountains. It lies 33.3 miles north-west of Las Cruces, NM (from Las Cruces, NM: bearing 317°T), and is situated 0.9 miles west of Hatch. The air here carries the dry, clean scent of creosote and juniper, a fragrance intensified by the vast, often windless sky that stretches, impossibly blue, over the sculpted mesas. Canyons, deeply incised by ancient watercourses, snake through the landscape, their shadows deepening as the sun begins its slow descent, painting the rugged slopes in hues of rose and burnt sienna. Here, the very ground seems to breathe with a quiet resilience, a testament to the enduring power of the arid environment. This corner of Doña Ana County has long been a place of passage and settlement, its history etched not in grand monuments, but in the layered narratives of those who have sought sustenance and solace in its stark beauty. Early inhabitants, drawn by the promise of water and fertile pockets, cultivated the land, a tradition that persists in small, tenacious gardens blooming against the desert backdrop. The local economy, though modest, is rooted in a deep connection to the land and its resources, with many residents engaged in small-scale farming, ranching, or crafts that reflect the region's artistic heritage. Placitas, in its unpretentious way, embodies a spirit of self-reliance and a profound respect for the natural world that shapes its daily existence.
Live animated radar for Placitas 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 | Placitas, Doña Ana County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 32.665079°N, 107.16863°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87515, 87937, 87939, 87043 |
| Area Code | 575, 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Placitas, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Placitas, 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 Placitas includes coordinates 32.665079°N, 107.168630°W, situated in Doña Ana County. ZIP code 87515, 87937, 87939, 87043. Telephone area code: 575, 505. 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.
