San Mateo, New Mexico Weather
San Mateo, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for San Mateo, Cibola County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 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, 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 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. 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.
