Roswell, New Mexico Weather
Roswell, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Roswell, Chaves County.
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About Roswell, New Mexico
Roswell unfolds across a wide, arid basin, the Chihuahuan Desert’s ochre dust clinging to everything with a gentle persistence. It lies 69.4 miles north-north-west of Carlsbad, NM (from Carlsbad, NM: bearing 346°T), and is situated 8.0 miles north-north-west of Midway. The sky here is a vast, almost aggressive blue, a canvas that deepens to a bruised violet as the sun descends, casting long, attenuated shadows from the low-slung buildings and the sparse, resilient mesquite. The Pecos River, a ribbon of surprising life in this thirsty land, meanders nearby, its banks a stark contrast to the surrounding scrub, a place where cottonwoods offer a whisper of shade and a fleeting green. The air itself feels ancient and dry, carrying the scent of sagebrush and a faint, metallic tang from the earth, a palpable presence that settles on the skin like fine grit. The history of Roswell is a curious blend of frontier tenacity and the uncanny, a legacy that has firmly planted it on the global map. Its founding was tied to the fertile lands along the Pecos, attracting ranchers and farmers who wrestled a living from the unforgiving terrain, their efforts now memorialized in the vast alfalfa fields that shimmer like emeralds under the relentless sun. But it is the more recent, otherworldly narratives that have truly etched Roswell into the public consciousness, drawing curious souls from every corner of the globe. This persistent fascination fuels a distinctive local economy, one that thrives on the outré, with museums and shops dedicated to the unexplained, a testament to how the extraordinary can bloom even in the most ordinary of landscapes.
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| Location | Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 33.394266°N, 104.523024°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 88201, 88203, 88202 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Roswell, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Roswell, 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 Roswell includes coordinates 33.394266°N, 104.523024°W, situated in Chaves County. ZIP code 88201, 88203, 88202. 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.
