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Cruzville, New Mexico Weather

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Cruzville weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Cruzville, NM
Monday, July 6 at 7:21 AM
64
°
Clear
Feels like
61°
Humidity
45%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
12:10 AM
Sunset
2:28 PM
Cruzville, NM
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastCruzville, NM: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 62 to 91 degrees Fahrenheit with a 21% chance of precipitation at 7 PM.
L 62°H 91°
Cruzville, NM
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 6
    Light Drizzle
    21%
    91°60°
  2. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    56%
    0.02″
    91°63°
  3. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Rain
    40%
    0.49″
    90°61°-1°
  4. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    20%
    93°63°+3°
  5. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Showers
    11%
    0.16″
    93°62°
  6. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    91°63°-2°
  7. Sunday
    Jul 12
    Light Rain
    23%
    0.25″
    84°59°-7°
Cruzville, NM
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ENE
065° · veering 20°
Direction
ENE
065°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
5
mph
Peak 24h
14
avg 6 mph
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 6 mph · pk 14 mph @ 8:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 182SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Cruzville, NM
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
809.6
+1.0 mb in 3h · rising · 23.91 inHg
Now
809.6
mb
3h
+1.0
mb
12h
-4.1
mb
24h
-3.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 807816
800805810815820825-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW816.1807.1809.0
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Cruzville, NM
Air quality
128
AQI
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
+60 in 6hPeak ~152 @ 4 PM

AQI 128 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups), driven by PM2.5. AQI up 60 over the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. PM2.5 at 124.8 µg/m³ (AQI 200) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in stagnant air, not road dust.

CAUTION Sensitive groups (children, elderly, respiratory conditions) should limit prolonged outdoor exertion, especially during the projected peak around 4 PM.

PM 2.5DRIVERUnhealthy
124.8μg/m³
PM 10Moderate
132μg/m³
NO₂Good
10μg/m³
OzoneUnhealthy SG
108μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 51 now. With UV 1.0 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 9.

Present
AQI 51
UV peak
1.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 9

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 124.8 µg/m³ (AQI 200) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in stagnant air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.94
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Cruzville, NM
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
81.3mi
UNLIMITED
170 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
13:21 UTC · Cruzville, NM · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
13:21 UTC · Cruzville, NM · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Cruzville, NM
Satellite · infrared · animated
Cruzville, NM
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Cruzville, NM
Almanac · Monday, July 6
When the stars begin to huddle, the earth will soon become a puddle.
Civil dawn
5:42 AM
Sunrise
12:10 AM
Daylight
14h 18m
Sunset
2:28 PM
Civil dusk
8:58 PM
Planting note
Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.
Cruzville, NM
The moon
Last Quarter
62% illuminated
Moonrise
11:57 PM
Moonset
12:35 PM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Cruzville, NM
Microseason
Jul 6–10

Verdant eruption

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Cruzville at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 14°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 10 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 6–10
  • Planting window: Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.

16-Day Forecast — Cruzville

  1. Mon90°61°21%
  2. Tue91°63°56%
  3. Wed90°61°40%
  4. Thu93°63°20%
  5. Fri93°62°11%
  6. Sat91°63°9%
  7. Sun84°59°23%
  8. Mon76°59°31%
  9. Tue80°62°32%
  10. Wed79°61°27%
  11. Thu87°61°34%
  12. Fri92°63°41%
  13. Sat94°67°42%
  14. Sun91°66°34%
  15. Mon94°67°35%
  16. Tue95°65°39%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 6, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Cruzville

SPC includes Cruzville in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Cruzville

  • 87830

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.