Williams Acres, New Mexico Weather
Williams Acres, New Mexico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Williams Acres, McKinley County.
Full aviation weather for Williams Acres is published on the Gallup Municipal Airport (KGUP) 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. 3 airfields within reach of Williams Acres 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 Williams Acres: Window Rock Airport (KRQE) 25 km · Andrew Othole Memorial Airport (KXNI) 49 km
Conditions reported at KGUP describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Williams Acres specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Williams Acres, New Mexico
Williams Acres lies under a sky that seems to stretch on forever, a vast canvas of cerulean punctuated by the slow drift of cumulus clouds. It lies 92.5 miles south-south-west of Farmington, NM (from Farmington, NM: bearing 203°T), and is situated 7.5 miles west-south-west of Gallup. The land here is a study in muted ochres and dusty greens, a rolling expanse of high desert terrain where hardy sagebrush clings to the earth and the occasional juniper tree offers a skeletal silhouette against the horizon. The air itself carries a dry, mineral tang, a scent that speaks of ancient rock and sun-baked soil, and in the late afternoon, the light softens, casting long shadows that deepen the contours of the landscape and imbue the scene with a profound, quiet stillness. The history of Williams Acres is inextricably linked to the earth it inhabits, its roots winding back to the discovery of minerals that once promised a different future. Though the boom times have long since faded, the echoes of that era can still be felt in the weathered clapboard of older buildings and the sparse, resilient spirit of its people. Today, the economy of Williams Acres is a more modest affair, leaning on ranching and the quiet perseverance of those who call this place home, their lives attuned to the subtle rhythms of the seasons and the vast, unyielding beauty of the McKinley County landscape.
Live animated radar for Williams Acres 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 | Williams Acres, McKinley County, New Mexico |
| Coordinates | 35.4969°N, 108.8699°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 87319, 87301 |
| Area Code | 505 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Williams Acres, New Mexico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Williams Acres, 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 Williams Acres includes coordinates 35.496900°N, 108.869900°W, situated in McKinley County. ZIP code 87319, 87301. 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.
