San Cristobal, New Mexico Weather
San Cristobal, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for San Cristobal, Taos County.
Full aviation weather for San Cristobal is published on the Taos Regional Airport (KSKX) page, 16 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 San Cristobal 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 San Cristobal: Questa Municipal Nr 2 Airport (KN24) 23 km · Angel Fire Airport (KAXX) 37 km
Conditions reported at KSKX describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at San Cristobal specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for San Cristobal.
About San Cristobal, New Mexico
San Cristobal lies at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, a sprawling, ochre landscape where the earth itself seems to exhale dust and sagebrush. It lies 65.0 miles north-north-east of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 15°T), and is situated 7.8 miles south-south-west of Questa. The terrain here is a study in rugged grace, a place where mesas rise like ancient altars and arroyos carve sinuous paths through the dry earth. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the sharp scent of piñon and juniper, a fragrance that clings to everything, a persistent whisper of the wild. Sun-bleached fences lean against the vast, indifferent sky, marking the boundaries of ranches that have weathered generations, their weathered wood telling stories of resilience in this high desert expanse. The silence here is not empty, but rather a presence, punctuated only by the rustle of wind through dry grasses or the distant cry of a hawk circling overhead. This is a place deeply rooted in the history of Northern New Mexico, a scattering of homesteads and ranches that grew from the land itself. For centuries, people have found sustenance and a challenging beauty in this corner of Taos County, their lives shaped by the capricious rains and the stark, unyielding mountains. The local economy, though modest, is tied to the land – cattle ranching and a quiet agricultural pulse, with a scattering of artists and craftspeople drawn to the region’s distinctive light and spirit. San Cristobal retains a character that feels both ancient and enduring, a place where the rhythms of life are dictated by the sun and the seasons, not by the hurried ticking of clocks. The old adobe structures, some still inhabited, speak of a continuity, a connection to those who came before and whose footsteps still echo on the dusty lanes.
Live animated radar for San Cristobal 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 | San Cristobal, Taos County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 36.596413°N, 105.639454°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87564 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This San Cristobal, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for San Cristobal, 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 San Cristobal includes coordinates 36.596413°N, 105.639454°W, situated in Taos County. ZIP code 87564. 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.
