Thunder Mountain, New Mexico Weather
The monsoon settles in. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Thunder Mountain weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 4Overcast——89°62°—
- SundayJul 5Light Drizzle11%—86°61°-3°
- MondayJul 6Light Drizzle45%—90°59°+4°
- TuesdayJul 7Drizzle50%0.03″91°59°+1°
- WednesdayJul 8Light Drizzle45%—92°60°+1°
- ThursdayJul 9Overcast20%—95°65°+3°
- FridayJul 10Partly Cloudy16%—91°63°-4°
AQI 66 (Moderate), driven by Ozone. AQI up 35 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Ozone at AQI 100 — 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.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 100 — peak already passed at 1 PM under overcast skies. Levels should ease through evening.
- Present
- AQI 100
- UV peak
- 1.0 at earlier today
- Sky at peak
- overcast
- Projected peak
- AQI 100
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 11.1 µg/m³, PM10 at 14.0 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.79
- Wind
- breezy
- 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
- 11:21 PM
- Moonset
- 11:21 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
The monsoon settles in
Thunder Mountain at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 10°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 — Thunder Mountain
- Sat89°62°0%
- Sun86°61°11%
- Mon90°59°45%
- Tue91°59°50%
- Wed92°60°45%
- Thu95°65°20%
- Fri91°63°16%
- Sat86°58°15%
- Sun87°58°6%
- Mon84°57°7%
- Tue87°58°11%
- Wed91°61°30%
- Thu98°66°32%
- Fri95°68°41%
- Sat95°64°42%
- Sun90°69°42%
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 — Thunder Mountain
SPC includes Thunder Mountain 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 Thunder Mountain
- 87015