Portales, New Mexico Weather
Portales, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Portales, Roosevelt County.
Full aviation weather for Portales is published on the Portales Municipal Airport (KPRZ) 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. 3 airfields within reach of Portales 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 Portales: Cannon Air Force Base (KCVS) 22 km · Clovis Municipal Airport (KCVN) 36 km
Conditions reported at KPRZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Portales specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Portales, New Mexico
Portales unfurls across a vast, gently sloping plain, a landscape shaped by wind and wide-open skies. It lies 16.8 miles south-south-west of Clovis, NM (from Clovis, NM: bearing 206°T), and is situated 14.0 miles south of Cannon AFB. The terrain here is mostly flat, broken only by the subtle rise and fall of the earth, stretching out to a horizon that seems to go on forever. Dust, fine as sifted flour, often hangs in the air, catching the sunlight in hazy, golden shafts, especially as the day begins to wane. Low-lying scrub brush and tenacious grasses cling to the earth, a testament to the resilience needed to thrive in this arid expanse. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the distant aroma of sun-baked earth and ripening grain, a fragrance that whispers of the relentless sun and the infrequent, yet life-giving, rain. This is a place deeply rooted in the agricultural heritage of the high plains, where the economy has long been sustained by the bounty of the land. For generations, families have worked the fertile soil, drawing water from the underground aquifers to cultivate crops that have come to define the region. Portales is particularly known for its peanut farming, a distinctive industry that imbues the late summer air with a unique, earthy perfume. The presence of Eastern New Mexico University lends a youthful energy to the community, its students adding a different pulse to the quiet rhythm of everyday life. The town’s character is one of sturdy practicality, a place where hard work is valued, and neighborly ties are strong, reflecting the enduring spirit of those who have made their homes under this immense sky.
Live animated radar for Portales 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 | Portales, Roosevelt County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 34.186192°N, 103.334398°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 88130 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Portales, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Portales, 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 Portales includes coordinates 34.186192°N, 103.334398°W, situated in Roosevelt County. ZIP code 88130. 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.
