White Rock, New Mexico Weather
White Rock, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for White Rock, Los Alamos County.
Full aviation weather for White Rock is published on the Los Alamos Airport (KLAM) page, 8 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 White Rock 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 Rock: Santa Fe Municipal Airport (KSAF) 26 km
Conditions reported at KLAM describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at White Rock specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for White Rock.
About White Rock, New Mexico
White Rock, a mesa-top extension of Los Alamos, commands a sweeping vista over the Pajarito Plateau, where the high desert air, thin and crisp, carries the scent of piñon and juniper. It lies 17.8 miles west-north-west of Santa Fe, NM (from Santa Fe, NM: bearing 303°T), and is situated 7.1 miles south-east of Los Alamos. The landscape here is a study in ochre and sage, a vast canvas painted by wind and sun. Rugged canyons, their depths softened by distance, cleave the earth, revealing strata of ancient volcanic ash, a silent testament to the region’s fiery past. The light, especially as the sun begins its descent, is a performance of pure, unadulterated color, transforming the distant peaks into burnished gold and casting long, indigo shadows that stretch and deepen across the undulating terrain. Here, the horizon feels boundless, a promise of sky that presses down with a gentle, insistent weight. The genesis of White Rock is inextricably linked to the Manhattan Project, a chapter of history that still hums beneath the surface of everyday life. Though the laboratories and secret research of the past are now largely history, the legacy of scientific endeavor and innovation persists, a quiet undercurrent in the town’s character. The local economy, once dominated by the needs of the national laboratory, now reflects a more diversified approach, with businesses catering to the residents of this high-altitude community. The distinctive red volcanic rock, from which White Rock derives its name, is a constant reminder of the geological forces that shaped this land, and the quiet dignity of the homes and shops built upon it speaks of a community that has found its footing in this starkly beautiful corner of New Mexico.
Live animated radar for White Rock 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 | White Rock, Los Alamos County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.827526°N, 106.203914°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87547, 87499, 87544 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This White Rock, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for White Rock, 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 Rock includes coordinates 35.827526°N, 106.203914°W, situated in Los Alamos County. ZIP code 87547, 87499, 87544. 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.
