Rio en Medio, New Mexico Weather
Rio en Medio, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rio en Medio, Santa Fe County.
Full aviation weather for Rio en Medio is published on the Santa Fe Municipal Airport (KSAF) page, 28 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 Rio en Medio 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 Rio en Medio: Los Alamos Airport (KLAM) 34 km
Conditions reported at KSAF describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rio en Medio specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rio en Medio.
About Rio en Medio, New Mexico
Rio en Medio unfolds across rolling hills, a landscape etched by the persistent work of water and wind. It lies 9.7 miles north-north-east of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 11°T), and is situated 8.2 miles south-east of Pojoaque. The earth here is a deep, dusty ochre, breaking in places to reveal veins of paler clay, a stark contrast against the scrubby piñon and juniper that cling tenaciously to the slopes. Sunlight, especially in the late afternoon, seems to thicken the air, casting long, languid shadows that stretch and distort the already rugged terrain. The silence, when it descends, is not empty but full, a resonant hum of unseen insects and the whisper of dry grasses. This land has been shaped by generations who understood its demands, their lives intimately bound to the capricious flow of the arroyo that gives Rio en Medio its name. The economy, once largely agrarian, still carries the echo of that connection, with small homesteads and plots of land hinting at a persistent, quiet sustenance. A sense of history is palpable not in grand monuments, but in the weathered adobe structures, each one a silent chronicle of endurance. The very air seems to carry the scent of woodsmoke and sun-baked earth, a testament to a life lived in close communion with the elements.
Live animated radar for Rio en Medio 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 | Rio en Medio, Santa Fe County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.825028°N, 105.903632°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87506 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rio en Medio, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rio en Medio, 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 Rio en Medio includes coordinates 35.825028°N, 105.903632°W, situated in Santa Fe County. ZIP code 87506. 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.
