Timberlake, New Mexico Weather
Timberlake, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Timberlake, McKinley County.
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About Timberlake, New Mexico
Timberlake exists as a quiet exhalation against the vastness of northwestern New Mexico. It lies 103.6 miles west of Rio Rancho, NM (from Rio Rancho, NM: bearing 270°T), and is situated 18.5 miles east-north-east of Black Rock. The land here, a study in ochre and sage, rolls with a patient, ancient grace, broken by the sharp angles of mesas and the sinuous whispers of dry arroyos. The sky, an immense canvas, shifts through an almost unbelievable spectrum of blues, from the pale robin’s egg of morning to the bruised violet of twilight, where the air itself seems to hum with the day’s stored heat. Scattered juniper and piñon trees cling tenaciously to the slopes, their dark green a stark contrast to the sun-bleached earth, while the occasional hardy wildflower, a defiant splash of yellow or purple, pushes through the gravelly soil, a small miracle of tenacity. The story of Timberlake is etched into the very contours of this arid landscape, a narrative of resilience and adaptation. Once a place of passage, its history whispers of ancient peoples who understood the subtle language of the watercourses and the enduring strength of the sun. Later, the promise of resources and a new beginning drew others, shaping a local economy that has weathered the ebb and flow of mining and ranching, each leaving its mark, its own quiet legacy upon the character of Timberlake. The rhythm of life here is a deliberate one, attuned to the turning of seasons and the slow, steady pulse of the sun, a testament to a community that finds its beauty not in grand pronouncements, but in the enduring spirit of the land and its people.
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| Location | Timberlake, McKinley County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.209849°N, 108.499783°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87321 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Timberlake, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Timberlake, New Mexico, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Timberlake includes coordinates 35.209849°N, 108.499783°W, situated in McKinley County. ZIP code 87321. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
