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Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico Weather

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Los Ranchos de Albuquerque weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM
Saturday, July 4 at 6:30 PM
96
°
Overcast
Feels like
88°
Humidity
7%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
11:57 PM
Sunset
2:24 PM
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLos Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 69 to 96 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 69°H 96°
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    98°60°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Light Drizzle
    0.01″
    95°69°-3°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    16%
    97°67°+2°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    33%
    96°74°-1°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    33%
    100°73°+4°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    10%
    103°78°+3°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Partly Cloudy
    100°77°-3°
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WNW
300° · veering 102°
Direction
WNW
300°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 4
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 4 · pk 17 @ 7:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2510SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
851.8
-2.1 mb in 3h · falling rapidly · 25.15 inHg
Now
851.8
mb
3h
-2.1
mb
12h
+6.9
mb
24h
+1.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 845856
840845850855860-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW855.5844.8852.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM
Air quality
64
AQI
Moderate
+38 in 6hPeak ~95 @ 3 AM

AQI 64 (Moderate), driven by Ozone. AQI up 38 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Ozone at AQI 106 — peak already passed at 1 PM under overcast skies. Levels should ease through evening.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Moderate
13.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
18μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy
142μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.1

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 106 — peak already passed at 1 PM under overcast skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 106
UV peak
0.9 at earlier today
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 106

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 13.9 µg/m³ (AQI 60) with a 0.78 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.78
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
92%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
183.5mi
UNLIMITED
185 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
00:30 UTC · Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, 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
00:30 UTC · Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM
Satellite · infrared · animated
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:28 AM
Sunrise
11:57 PM
Daylight
14h 27m
Sunset
2:24 PM
Civil dusk
8:55 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM
The moon
Waning Gibbous
77% illuminated
Moonrise
11:22 PM
Moonset
11:23 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM
Microseason
Jul 1–5

The monsoon settles in

insect
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Los Ranchos de Albuquerque at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 20°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 18 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Los Ranchos de Albuquerque

  1. Sat98°60°2%
  2. Sun95°70°3%
  3. Mon97°67°16%
  4. Tue96°74°33%
  5. Wed100°73°33%
  6. Thu103°78°10%
  7. Fri100°77°6%
  8. Sat98°74°8%
  9. Sun96°74°5%
  10. Mon95°75°5%
  11. Tue97°74°9%
  12. Wed99°77°32%
  13. Thu103°79°35%
  14. Fri101°79°37%
  15. Sat101°76°39%
  16. Sun99°82°39%

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

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, 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 — Los Ranchos de Albuquerque

SPC includes Los Ranchos de Albuquerque in the general thunderstorm area tomorrow — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • 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 Los Ranchos de Albuquerque

  • 87114
  • 87107

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.