San Jon, New Mexico Weather
San Jon, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for San Jon, Quay County.
Full aviation weather for San Jon is published on the Tucumcari Municipal Airport (KTCC) page, 26 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 KTCC describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at San Jon specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for San Jon.
About San Jon, New Mexico
San Jon rises from the high plains like a memory of earth, a place where the sky feels vast enough to swallow all your worries. It lies 49.1 miles north of Clovis, NM (from Clovis, NM: bearing 352°T), and is situated 18.4 miles south-south-east of Logan. The land here is a study in muted ochres and faded greens, stretching out in a gentle, almost imperceptible slope toward horizons that blur with the heat. Sparse, hardy grasses cling to the soil, their tips whispering secrets to the ceaseless wind that sweeps across the open country. Cottonwood trees, their leaves a vibrant, almost defiant green, cluster near the few watercourses, offering pockets of shade that feel like precious gifts. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faint, sweet perfume of sagebrush, and the sunlight, especially in the late afternoon, lays a honeyed glaze over everything it touches, softening the hard edges of the landscape into a kind of quiet beauty. The history of San Jon is written in the persistent spirit of those who have made their lives here, in the dusty roads and the weathered buildings that speak of resilience. This was a place shaped by the railroad, a vital stop on routes that connected distant points, and the echoes of that era still seem to linger in the stillness. The local economy, rooted deeply in ranching and agriculture, relies on the bounty of the land, on cattle grazing on the expansive pastures and crops that draw life from the capricious rainfall. There's a quiet dignity to San Jon, a sense of self-sufficiency born from the challenges of this environment. The rhythm of life here is measured, dictated less by clocks and more by the turning of seasons and the needs of the earth, a deliberate pace that allows for contemplation and a deep appreciation for the stark, enduring beauty of the high plains.
Live animated radar for San Jon 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 Jon, Quay County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.107558°N, 103.328565°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 88434 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This San Jon, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for San Jon, 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 Jon includes coordinates 35.107558°N, 103.328565°W, situated in Quay County. ZIP code 88434. 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. 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.
