White Cliffs, New Mexico Weather
White Cliffs, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for White Cliffs, McKinley County.
Full aviation weather for White Cliffs is published on the Gallup Municipal Airport (KGUP) page, 17 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 White Cliffs 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 White Cliffs: Crownpoint Airport (K0E8) 41 km · Window Rock Airport (KRQE) 43 km
Conditions reported at KGUP describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at White Cliffs specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About White Cliffs, New Mexico
White Cliffs rises from a land of stark beauty, where the earth, exposed and ancient, tells its own story in shades of ochre, rust, and pale sandstone. It lies 84.5 miles south-south-west of Farmington, NM (from Farmington, NM: bearing 195°T), and is situated 7.7 miles east of Gallup. The landscape is a study in subtle erosion, a patient artistry of wind and water that has shaped mesas and arroyos into grand, silent pronouncements against the vast sweep of the New Mexico sky. Here, the air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a perfume of sun-baked sage and distant juniper, and when the sun dips low, it casts long, dramatic shadows that lend a spectral quality to the very contours of the land. The silence is profound, broken only by the whisper of the wind or the distant, mournful cry of a hawk circling overhead, a sound that seems to resonate with the immense, unpeopled distances surrounding White Cliffs. The history of White Cliffs is deeply entwined with the mineral wealth that lies beneath its surface, a heritage etched into the very character of the place. For generations, the extraction of coal has been the lifeblood of this community, a demanding industry that has shaped its economy and its people, leaving behind a legacy of resilience and hard-won prosperity. Though the pace of life in White Cliffs might seem measured to an outsider, it is a rhythm born of necessity and a profound connection to the land and its bounty, a quiet understanding forged in the crucible of sun and earth. The distinctive geological formations that give White Cliffs its name stand as silent sentinels, a constant reminder of the deep time and geological forces that have sculpted this corner of McKinley County.
Live animated radar for White Cliffs 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 | White Cliffs, McKinley County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.546488°N, 108.60663°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87311 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This White Cliffs, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for White Cliffs, 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 White Cliffs includes coordinates 35.546488°N, 108.606630°W, situated in McKinley County. ZIP code 87311. 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.
