Weather in Sunlit Hills, New Mexico
Roses open on the Piedmont edge. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Sunlit Hills, NM
Sunday, May 17 at 4:02 AM
65
°
Clear
Feels like
54°
Humidity
9%
Wind
11 mph
Sunrise
5:57 AM
Sunset
8:02 PM
Sunlit Hills, NM
Hour by hour · 24h
64°
10p
61°
11p
59°
12a
58°
1a
58°
2a
57°
3a
58°
4a
57°
5a
53°
6a
54°
7a
60°
8a
67°
9a
69°
10a
72°
11a
74°
12p
77°
1p
77°
2p
78°
3p
79°
4p
79°
5p
78°
6p
76°
7p
72°
8p
68°
9p
Sunlit Hills, NM
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Clear—81°54°
- SundayMay 17Overcast—72°50°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—67°47°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—72°45°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast23%75°50°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast24%74°50°
- FridayMay 22Overcast13%74°48°
Sunlit Hills, NM
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Sunlit Hills, NM
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SSE
166° · veering 21°
Direction
SSE
166°
Sustained
11
mph
Gust
16
mph
Peak 24h
25
avg 10
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Sunlit Hills, NM
Air quality
85
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 0.7 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.1 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 2.9 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 105.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Sunlit Hills, NM
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:31 AM
Sunrise
5:57 AM
Daylight
14h 05m
Sunset
8:02 PM
Civil dusk
2:31 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Sunlit Hills, NM
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 12:11 PM
- Moonset
- 2:31 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Sunlit Hills, NM
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses open on the Piedmont edge
insect
Sunlit Hills at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 11°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 21 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
- Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of May 17, 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.