Shiprock, New Mexico Weather
Shiprock, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Shiprock, San Juan County.
Full aviation weather for Shiprock is published on the Shiprock Airstrip (K5V5) page, 10 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. 3 airfields within reach of Shiprock 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 Shiprock: Four Corners Regional Airport (KFMN) 41 km · Cortez Municipal Airport (KCEZ) 58 km
Conditions reported at K5V5 describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Shiprock specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Shiprock.
About Shiprock, New Mexico
Shiprock rises from the high desert plains of San Juan County, a colossal, dark monolith that commands the horizon. It lies 26.2 miles west of Farmington, NM (from Farmington, NM: bearing 279°T), and is situated 11.5 miles west of Waterflow. Its stark, volcanic presence is softened by the vast, indifferent sky, a canvas for the sun's relentless arc and the moon's ethereal glow. The land around Shiprock is a study in muted earth tones – ochre, rust, and pale sand, broken by the hardy, resilient scrub that clings to existence. Arroyos, dry most of the year, trace the land's ancient drainage, their sandy beds occasionally rippled by a whisper of wind. The air itself feels thin and dry, carrying the scent of sagebrush and distant dust, a constant reminder of the arid embrace of this place. The Navajo people have long held this land, and Shiprock, known as Tsé Bitʼaʼí, "the rock with wings," is a place of profound cultural and spiritual significance, a landmark woven into the very fabric of their history and identity. For generations, the economy here has been tied to the land, to livestock grazing and the cultivation of crops in the scarce fertile pockets, a testament to human perseverance. More recently, the discovery of natural gas and coal has reshaped the economic landscape of Shiprock, bringing both opportunity and its attendant complexities. The town itself is a practical nexus, a place where life unfolds with a quiet, measured cadence, its days marked not by hurried footsteps but by the slow turning of the sun and the wind’s persistent song.
Live animated radar for Shiprock 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 | Shiprock, San Juan County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 36.785554°N, 108.687032°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87420 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Shiprock, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shiprock, 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 Shiprock includes coordinates 36.785554°N, 108.687032°W, situated in San Juan County. ZIP code 87420. 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.
