Santa Clara, New Mexico Weather
Santa Clara, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Santa Clara, Grant County.
Full aviation weather for Santa Clara is published on the Whiskey Creek Airport (K94E) page, 6 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. 2 airfields within reach of Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara: Grant County Airport (KSVC) 16 km
Conditions reported at K94E describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Santa Clara specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Santa Clara.
About Santa Clara, New Mexico
Santa Clara lies at the mouth of a wide arroyo, where the rugged contours of the Gila National Forest begin to soften. It lies 86.2 miles west-north-west of Las Cruces, NM (from Las Cruces, NM: bearing 292°T), and is situated 7.6 miles east of Silver City. The land here is a study in muted earth tones, a palette of ochre, sienna, and pale gold, scored by the dry veins of washes that snake across the landscape, carrying the infrequent but powerful force of desert rains. Sparse, hardy vegetation clings to the slopes – mesquite, creosote, and the occasional sentinel-like yucca, their spiky forms silhouetted against a sky that can shift from an almost aggressive, bleached blue at midday to a bruised, luminous violet as the sun dips below the western mesas. The air itself carries a dry, mineral scent, a subtle perfume of dust and sun-baked rock, and in the quiet hours of dawn, a peculiar stillness settles, as if the very earth is holding its breath. The history of Santa Clara is inextricably linked to the bounty and challenge of the surrounding mountains, particularly the rich veins of copper that once pulsed beneath the earth. For generations, the rhythm of life in Santa Clara was dictated by the clang of hammers, the rumble of ore carts, and the steady hum of a community built on the extraction of that subterranean wealth. While the era of large-scale mining has largely receded, leaving behind echoes in the skeletal remains of old structures and the stories whispered by long-time residents, the spirit of resilience and self-sufficiency remains. The local economy now finds its footing in a more diversified, though still modest, landscape, with ranching and small businesses contributing to the enduring character of Santa Clara. The broad, open sky above, a constant, silent witness to the ebb and flow of human endeavor, continues to lend a sense of unhurried permanence to this place.
Live animated radar for Santa Clara 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 | Santa Clara, Grant County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 32.77952°N, 108.150322°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 88026, 87532, 88022 |
| Area Code | 505, 575 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Santa Clara, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Santa Clara, 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 Santa Clara includes coordinates 32.779520°N, 108.150322°W, situated in Grant County. ZIP code 88026, 87532, 88022. Telephone area code: 505, 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.
