San Mateo, New Mexico Weather
San Mateo, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for San Mateo, Cibola County.
Full aviation weather for San Mateo is published on the Grants-Milan Municipal Airport (KGNT) page, 30 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 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at San Mateo specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for San Mateo.
About San Mateo, New Mexico
San Mateo, a scattering of buildings against the immense canvas of Cibola County, unfolds along the base of the beautiful San Mateo Mountains, their rugged slopes a constant, watchful presence. It lies 55.6 miles west of Rio Rancho, NM (from Rio Rancho, NM: bearing 277°T), and is situated 17.3 miles north-east of Grants. The air here, especially in the long, languid afternoons, carries the dry, clean scent of sagebrush and piñon, a fragrance that seems to seep into the very dust of the unpaved roads. Wide, pale skies stretch overhead, often a brilliant, almost aggressive blue, broken only by the occasional hawk circling in slow, deliberate arcs. The land itself is a study in muted earth tones – ochre, sienna, and the pale gold of sun-bleached grass – a stark beauty that speaks of resilience and enduring quietude. The history of San Mateo is intertwined with the arid land it occupies, a story whispered by the wind through the canyons and the scattered remnants of past endeavors. For generations, this region has been a place of hardy sustenance, where the local economy has long been tied to the land, with ranching and dryland farming demanding a deep understanding of the unforgiving climate. Though the boom-and-bust cycles of mining have touched many communities in the area, San Mateo has retained a character of its own, a slow, deliberate pace of life that values neighborly connection over grand ambition. The nearby Cibola National Forest offers a wilder counterpoint to the settlement, a vast expanse of rugged terrain where the echoes of ancient peoples and early settlers still seem to linger.
Live animated radar for San Mateo 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 Mateo, Cibola County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.331422°N, 107.64311°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87020 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This San Mateo, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for San Mateo, 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 Mateo includes coordinates 35.331422°N, 107.643110°W, situated in Cibola County. ZIP code 87020. 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.
