Quemado, New Mexico Weather
Quemado, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Quemado, Catron County.
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About Quemado, New Mexico
Quemado rests in a wide, sun-bleached basin, where the earth exhales a dry, ancient scent of sage and dust. It lies 113.1 miles west-south-west of South Valley, NM (from South Valley, NM: bearing 246°T), and is situated 48.2 miles east-north-east of Eagar. The land here unfurls in broad, sweeping plains that rise gently towards distant, mesa-capped horizons, their edges softened by the haze of perpetual summer. Sparse juniper and piñon pine cling tenaciously to the arroyos that score the landscape, their dark green forms stark against the pale ochre and rust of the soil. In the late afternoon, the light bleeds a soft, honeyed gold across the terrain, painting long shadows that lengthen and deepen with the slow descent of the sun, giving the very air a tangible, almost viscous quality. The silence is profound, broken only by the whisper of wind through the dry grasses or the distant, mournful cry of a hawk circling overhead. The story of Quemado is etched in the quiet persistence of its inhabitants and the enduring spirit of the land. This is a place built on grit and resourcefulness, where the local economy has historically been tied to the land itself, supporting ranching and agriculture through the lean years and the bountiful. Generations have learned to read the subtle shifts in the weather, to coax life from the arid soil, and to find beauty in the stark, unadorned simplicity of their surroundings. There are no grand monuments or bustling avenues in Quemado; its character is found in the weathered siding of its buildings, the friendly nod of a passerby, and the deep, resonant quiet that settles over the landscape as evening falls, a profound stillness that seems to hold the echoes of the past.
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| Location | Quemado, Catron County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 34.343938°N, 108.49562°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87829 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Quemado, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Quemado, 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 Quemado includes coordinates 34.343938°N, 108.495620°W, situated in Catron County. ZIP code 87829. 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.
