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, Rio Arriba County.
Full aviation weather for Santa Clara is published on the Los Alamos Airport (KLAM) page, 19 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: Santa Fe Municipal Airport (KSAF) 39 km
Conditions reported at KLAM describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 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 in a high desert valley, cradled by the rugged Jemez Mountains to the east and the Pajarito Plateau to the west. It lies 21.2 miles north-north-west of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 337°T), and is situated 1.5 miles south-south-west of Española. The air here carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the resin of piñon pine and juniper that cling to the slopes. Red rock formations, weathered into fantastical shapes by wind and water, punctuate the landscape, their surfaces glowing ochre and rust in the relentless New Mexico sun. The Rio Grande, a ribbon of life, cuts a wide path through the valley floor, its banks a stark contrast of green cottonwoods and willows against the arid earth. The silence, when it falls, is profound, broken only by the occasional cry of a hawk or the distant rumble of a passing train. This is a place where the echoes of ancient peoples still linger, their presence felt in the scattered pottery shards and the faint traces of old encampments. Later, Spanish settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile land along the river, established ranches and small communities, their legacy visible in the adobe architecture and the enduring Catholic faith. For decades, the economy of Santa Clara was largely sustained by agriculture, with fertile fields irrigated by the life-giving river, producing chili peppers, beans, and corn. More recently, the proximity to Los Alamos National Laboratory has brought a different kind of lifeblood, a blend of scientific endeavor and rural tradition, creating a unique character for Santa Clara, a place where the past and the present converse in the hushed language of the high desert.
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, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.969746°N, 106.086968°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 35.969746°N, 106.086968°W, situated in Rio Arriba 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.
