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Old Town, New Mexico Weather

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

Old Town, NM
Sunday, July 5 at 10:11 AM
86
°
Overcast
Feels like
82°
Humidity
25%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
12:09 AM
Sunset
2:22 PM
Old Town, NM
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastOld Town, NM: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 70 to 96 degrees Fahrenheit with a 23% chance of precipitation at 5 PM.
L 70°H 96°
Old Town, NM
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Light Drizzle
    23%
    0.02″
    96°73°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    27%
    93°70°-3°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    27%
    94°72°+1°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    25%
    95°74°+1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Rain
    24%
    0.33″
    99°71°+4°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    12%
    98°72°-1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    20%
    96°74°-2°
Old Town, NM
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
152° · backing 122°
Direction
SSE
152°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
14
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 7
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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 7 · pk 17 @ 9:00p
010203040MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7B8-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 364SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 122° from the sse.
Old Town, NM
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
858.0
+4.8 mb in 3h · rising rapidly · 25.34 inHg
Now
858.0
mb
3h
+4.8
mb
12h
+5.2
mb
24h
-0.4
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 851858
845850855860865-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW858.4851.2858.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Old Town, NM
Air quality
50
AQI
Good
+1 in 6h

AQI 50 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Ozone at AQI 43. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~85%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

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

PM 2.5Good
3.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
4μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
92μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 43. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~85%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 43
UV peak
5.7 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 16
Old Town, NM
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
138.8mi
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
16:11 UTC · Old Town, 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
16:11 UTC · Old Town, NM · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Old Town, NM
Satellite · infrared · animated
Old Town, NM
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Old Town, NM
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:42 AM
Sunrise
12:09 AM
Daylight
14h 13m
Sunset
2:22 PM
Civil dusk
8:52 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Old Town, NM
The moon
Waning Gibbous
71% illuminated
Moonrise
11:26 PM
Moonset
11:29 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Old Town, NM
Microseason
Jul 1–5

The monsoon settles in

insect
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Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Old Town at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 7°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 2 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Old Town

  1. Sun96°73°25%
  2. Mon93°70°27%
  3. Tue94°72°27%
  4. Wed95°74°25%
  5. Thu99°71°24%
  6. Fri98°72°12%
  7. Sat96°74°20%
  8. Sun95°75°20%
  9. Mon93°73°30%
  10. Tue91°72°30%
  11. Wed94°76°22%
  12. Thu96°75°18%
  13. Fri98°77°16%
  14. Sat101°79°19%
  15. Sun103°79°28%
  16. Mon102°80°29%

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 — Old Town

SPC includes Old Town 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 Old Town

  • 88030

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.