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Twin Forks, New Mexico Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Twin Forks weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Twin Forks, NM
Sunday, July 5 at 2:31 AM
56
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
52°
Humidity
65%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
11:59 PM
Sunset
2:14 PM
Twin Forks, NM
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastTwin Forks, NM: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 55 to 77 degrees Fahrenheit with a 53% chance of precipitation at 2 PM.
L 55°H 77°
Twin Forks, NM
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Rain
    53%
    0.30″
    77°55°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Drizzle
    76%
    0.02″
    80°55°+3°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    62%
    79°56°-1°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Drizzle
    68%
    76°59°-3°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Rain
    48%
    0.15″
    80°55°+4°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Drizzle
    52%
    0.10″
    80°59°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    38%
    77°57°-3°
Twin Forks, NM
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
188° · backing 35°
Direction
S
188°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
26
avg 8
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 8 · pk 26 @ 5:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 255SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Twin Forks, NM
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
758.5
-2.4 mb in 3h · falling rapidly · 22.40 inHg
Now
758.5
mb
3h
-2.4
mb
12h
-4.9
mb
24h
-0.5
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 758768
750755760765770775-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW767.5758.2758.5
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Twin Forks, NM
Air quality
41
AQI
Good
-12 in 6h

AQI 41 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 12 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 6.8 µg/m³ (AQI 38) with a 0.77 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
6.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneModerate
81μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 38. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 38
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 8

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 6.8 µg/m³ (AQI 38) with a 0.77 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.77
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Twin Forks, NM
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
58%
PARTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
53.2mi
UNLIMITED
179 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
08:31 UTC · Twin Forks, 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
08:31 UTC · Twin Forks, NM · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Twin Forks, NM
Satellite · infrared · animated
Twin Forks, NM
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Twin Forks, NM
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:32 AM
Sunrise
11:59 PM
Daylight
14h 15m
Sunset
2:14 PM
Civil dusk
8:44 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Twin Forks, NM
The moon
Waning Gibbous
74% illuminated
Moonrise
11:17 PM
Moonset
11:19 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Twin Forks, NM
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Twin Forks at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 23°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 5 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

15-Day Forecast — Twin Forks

  1. Sun77°55°53%
  2. Mon80°55°76%
  3. Tue79°56°62%
  4. Wed76°59°68%
  5. Thu80°55°48%
  6. Fri80°59°52%
  7. Sat77°57°38%
  8. Sun72°57°23%
  9. Mon75°55°23%
  10. Tue77°57°34%
  11. Wed82°59°25%
  12. Thu85°62°18%
  13. Fri76°59°14%
  14. Sat79°57°13%
  15. Sun78°58°16%

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 — Twin Forks

SPC includes Twin Forks 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 Twin Forks

  • 88317
  • 88339

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.