Tecolotito, New Mexico Weather
Tecolotito, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Tecolotito, San Miguel County.
Full aviation weather for Tecolotito is published on the Las Vegas Municipal Airport (KLVS) page, 47 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 Tecolotito 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 Tecolotito: Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport (KSXU) 58 km
Conditions reported at KLVS describe the airfield itself. Weather 47 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Tecolotito specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Tecolotito.
About Tecolotito, New Mexico
Tecolotito rests in a broad valley where the land begins to rise toward the foothills, a place where the sky seems to stretch wider and the silence hums with the vastness of the high plains. It lies 53.8 miles south-east of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 125°T), and is situated 25.1 miles south of Las Vegas. The terrain here is a study in subtle gradients, a landscape of muted greens and ochres that shift with the sun's passage, from the sharp, clear light of morning to the deepening, honeyed tones of late afternoon. Sparse cottonwoods, their leaves a whisper of silver against the blue, mark the presence of the intermittent streams that thread through the valley floor, feeding hardy grasses and the occasional scrub oak. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, often laced with the faint, sweet aroma of sun-baked earth and the distant, wild perfume of sagebrush. It is a setting that invites a slow unfolding, a quiet contemplation of the immense, unhurried sweep of the New Mexico sky. The lifeblood of Tecolotito has long been tied to the land and the modest resources it offers, a story etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring resilience of its people. For generations, ranching has been the quiet backbone of the local economy, with cattle grazing on the surrounding mesas and valleys, their presence a familiar, if distant, punctuation mark on the horizon. A scattering of small farms, coaxing sustenance from the soil with careful tending, also contributes to the agrarian character of Tecolotito, their fields a testament to the persistent effort required to cultivate this arid beauty. The history here is one of quiet perseverance, of families who found a foothold in this expansive country and built lives of sturdy independence, a legacy that continues to shape the unhurried rhythm of daily life.
Live animated radar for Tecolotito 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.
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| Location | Tecolotito, San Miguel County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.234494°N, 105.159447°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87711 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Tecolotito, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tecolotito, 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 Tecolotito includes coordinates 35.234494°N, 105.159447°W, situated in San Miguel County. ZIP code 87711. Telephone area code: 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.
