Prewitt, New Mexico Weather
Prewitt, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Prewitt, McKinley County.
Full aviation weather for Prewitt is published on the Grants-Milan Municipal Airport (KGNT) page, 25 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 Prewitt 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 Prewitt: Crownpoint Airport (K0E8) 42 km
Conditions reported at KGNT describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Prewitt specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Prewitt.
About Prewitt, New Mexico
Prewitt rests beneath a sky that stretches like an endless canvas, a place where the high desert begins to yield to the mesas and buttes characteristic of McKinley County. It lies 78.3 miles west of Rio Rancho, NM (from Rio Rancho, NM: bearing 277°T), and is situated 18.4 miles north-west of Grants. The land here is a study in muted earth tones, ochre and umber dust clinging to sparse, resilient grasses and the occasional hardy juniper. The air, when it’s not carrying the scent of sagebrush, is remarkably clean, carrying the vast silence of the open country. Dusk paints the distant rock formations in hues of bruised plum and fading rose, a quiet spectacle that seems to settle over Prewitt with a palpable weight, a reminder of the immense scale of the natural world. There’s a profound stillness to this landscape, a sense of ancient patience etched into the very contours of the earth. The history of Prewitt is intertwined with the ebb and flow of resource extraction and the enduring presence of the Navajo Nation. For decades, the economy here has been largely shaped by the demands of mining, a legacy that has left its mark on the land and the people who call Prewitt home. The roads, often unpaved or graded, speak to a practical approach to life, connecting scattered homesteads and the modest services that sustain the community. While not a hub of bustling commerce, Prewitt possesses a distinct character, a quiet resilience born from its remote setting and the deep-rooted traditions of its inhabitants. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the sun's arc and the changing seasons, a slower, more deliberate cadence than found in busier locales.
Live animated radar for Prewitt 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 | Prewitt, McKinley County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.362808°N, 108.043952°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87045 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Prewitt, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Prewitt, 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 Prewitt includes coordinates 35.362808°N, 108.043952°W, situated in McKinley County. ZIP code 87045. Telephone area code: 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.
