Vaughn, New Mexico Weather
Vaughn, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Vaughn, Guadalupe County.
Full aviation weather for Vaughn is published on the Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport (KSXU) page, 64 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KSXU describe the airfield itself. Weather 64 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Vaughn specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Vaughn.
About Vaughn, New Mexico
Vaughn rests in a broad, sun-bleached expanse of Guadalupe County, a place where the sky seems to stretch into forever, a vast canvas of cerulean blue that deepens to indigo as dusk approaches. It lies 85.6 miles south-south-east of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 151°T), and is situated 37.9 miles south-west of Santa Rosa. The land here is a study in muted earth tones, ochre and sienna dust rising in soft puffs from the infrequent breeze, the terrain a gentle, rolling prairie dotted with hardy, low-lying scrub and the occasional stoic mesquite tree. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a blend of sun-baked earth and the distant, subtle perfume of wild sage, and the silence, when it descends, is not an absence of sound, but a profound stillness that hums with the quiet life of the plains. Once a vital stop along the railway lines that stitched together the American West, Vaughn retains a whisper of that bygone transit, though its economy has long since shifted towards the land’s more patient offerings. Ranching remains a cornerstone, the wide pastures supporting herds that graze under that immense sky, and the local businesses cater to the needs of this rural stewardship, a general store offering supplies, a diner serving hearty meals. The railroad depot, though perhaps less bustling than in its heyday, still stands as a quiet sentinel, a reminder of the iron arteries that once brought the world to this remote corner of New Mexico, and the palpable sense of enduring resilience in Vaughn is etched into the weathered faces of its residents, a quiet strength born of generations living in concert with this starkly beautiful, elemental landscape.
Live animated radar for Vaughn 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 | Vaughn, Guadalupe County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 34.601735°N, 105.208334°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 88353 |
| Area Code | 575 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Vaughn, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Vaughn, 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 Vaughn includes coordinates 34.601735°N, 105.208334°W, situated in Guadalupe County. ZIP code 88353. 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.
