Silver City, New Mexico Weather
The monsoon settles in. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Silver City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 5Heavy Drizzle28%0.07″91°69°—
- MondayJul 6Light Rain34%0.12″88°65°-3°
- TuesdayJul 7Rain55%0.41″89°66°+1°
- WednesdayJul 8Light Drizzle50%—89°68°0°
- ThursdayJul 9Heavy Rain20%0.37″93°65°+4°
- FridayJul 10Light Drizzle16%0.01″93°65°0°
- SaturdayJul 11Light Drizzle32%—91°69°-2°
AQI 114 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups), driven by PM2.5. AQI up 34 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. PM2.5 at 45.2 µg/m³, PM10 at 46.7 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
CAUTION Sensitive groups (children, elderly, respiratory conditions) should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 36. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~98%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.
- Present
- AQI 36
- UV peak
- 2.7 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- overcast
- Projected peak
- AQI 6
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 45.2 µg/m³, PM10 at 46.7 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.97
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 11:28 PM
- Moonset
- 11:30 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
The monsoon settles in
Silver City at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 79°F — typical for the season
- Last frost: March 4 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
ZIP code: 88061
16-Day Forecast — Silver City
- Sun91°67°28%
- Mon88°65°34%
- Tue89°66°55%
- Wed89°68°50%
- Thu93°65°20%
- Fri93°65°16%
- Sat91°69°32%
- Sun91°69°17%
- Mon87°69°27%
- Tue87°68°27%
- Wed89°70°27%
- Thu91°71°26%
- Fri94°72°26%
- Sat97°73°30%
- Sun98°75°42%
- Mon97°76°48%
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 — Silver City
SPC includes Silver City 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 Silver City
- 88061
- 88062