San Fidel, New Mexico Weather
San Fidel, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for San Fidel, Cibola County.
Full aviation weather for San Fidel is published on the Grants-Milan Municipal Airport (KGNT) page, 29 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KGNT describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at San Fidel specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for San Fidel.
About San Fidel, New Mexico
San Fidel lies at the edge of a vast, sun-baked plateau, where the earth, a rich ochre and rust, stretches towards horizons softened by the persistent, dry air. It lies 52.3 miles west of South Valley, NM (from South Valley, NM: bearing 276°T), and is situated 7.2 miles west-north-west of Paraje. Low, scrubby piñon and juniper cling to the gentle swells of land, their dark green a stoic counterpoint to the pale, bleached grasses that whisper in the wind. The sky above San Fidel is an immense, ever-shifting canvas, often a piercing, cloudless blue, but in the late afternoon, it can ignite into spectacular displays of apricot and rose, casting long, dramatic shadows across the landscape. A profound quiet often settles here, broken only by the distant call of a hawk or the soft crunch of gravel underfoot, a stillness that seems to absorb all sound and thought. The history of San Fidel is inextricably linked to the land and the enduring spirit of its people. For generations, this place has been a crossroads, a point of passage for those who have traversed this rugged terrain. The local economy, once centered on the rhythms of agriculture and ranching, now finds its pulse in the ongoing efforts to preserve its unique character and attract those seeking a slower, more grounded way of life. The sturdy, adobe-like structures of San Fidel, weathered by decades of sun and wind, speak of a resilience born from a deep connection to this particular corner of New Mexico. The air here, especially as twilight deepens, carries a faint, earthy scent, a blend of dry dust and the resinous perfume of the piñon trees, a subtle aromatic signature of this enduring place.
Live animated radar for San Fidel 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 Fidel, Cibola County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.082263°N, 107.599218°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87049 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This San Fidel, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for San Fidel, 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 Fidel includes coordinates 35.082263°N, 107.599218°W, situated in Cibola County. ZIP code 87049. 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.
