Taos, New Mexico Weather
Taos, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Taos, Taos County.
Full aviation weather for Taos is published on the Taos Regional Airport (KSKX) page, 11 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 Taos 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 Taos: Angel Fire Airport (KAXX) 25 km · Questa Municipal Nr 2 Airport (KN24) 44 km
Conditions reported at KSKX describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Taos specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Taos.
About Taos, New Mexico
Taos lies cradled by the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, their rugged peaks often dusted with snow, a stark and beautiful contrast to the ochre earth of the high desert plateau. It lies 53.8 miles north-north-east of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 22°T), and is situated 3.9 miles north-north-east of Ranchos de Taos. The Rio Grande, a powerful artery, has carved a deep gorge through the land to the west, a dramatic testament to geologic forces, while the valley itself unfolds in a patchwork of cottonwood groves and fields, their greens vibrant under the vast New Mexico sky. The air here carries a dry, crisp scent, tinged with the fragrance of piñon pine and sage, and the light, particularly at dusk, possesses an extraordinary clarity, painting the distant mesas in hues of rose and violet that linger long after the sun has dipped below the horizon. For centuries, Taos has been a crossroads of cultures, its history deeply rooted in the ancient Pueblo of Taos, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where adobe structures have stood for over a thousand years, a living echo of indigenous life. Later, Spanish settlers arrived, bringing their own traditions and architecture, and in more recent times, artists and writers have been drawn to its unique spirit, establishing Taos as a renowned art colony. The local economy, once driven by agriculture and, for a time, mining in the surrounding mountains, now finds much of its lifeblood in tourism, drawn by the historical sites, the vibrant arts scene, and the unparalleled natural beauty that defines Taos.
Live animated radar for Taos 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 | Taos, Taos County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 36.407248°N, 105.573066°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87571 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Taos, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Taos, 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 Taos includes coordinates 36.407248°N, 105.573066°W, situated in Taos County. ZIP code 87571. 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.
