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Wagon Mound, New Mexico Weather

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

Wagon Mound weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Wagon Mound, NM
Sunday, July 5 at 9:08 AM
70
°
Clear
Feels like
70°
Humidity
52%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
11:47 PM
Sunset
2:19 PM
Wagon Mound, NM
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastWagon Mound, NM: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 56 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit with a 31% chance of precipitation at 3 PM.
L 56°H 88°
Wagon Mound, NM
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Light Drizzle
    31%
    0.01″
    88°57°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Rain
    17%
    0.13″
    90°56°+2°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Drizzle
    51%
    0.05″
    91°61°+1°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Drizzle
    41%
    94°62°+3°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Heavy Drizzle
    27%
    94°60°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Partly Cloudy
    57%
    89°61°-5°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    13%
    93°61°+4°
Wagon Mound, NM
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SE
126° · veering 112°
Direction
SE
126°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
30
avg 7
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 30 @ 8:00p
010203040MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7B8-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 381SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 112° from the se.
Wagon Mound, NM
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
818.6
+4.3 mb in 3h · rising rapidly · 24.17 inHg
Now
818.6
mb
3h
+4.3
mb
12h
+3.8
mb
24h
+0.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 814820
805810815820825-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW819.5813.8818.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Wagon Mound, NM
Air quality
30
AQI
Good
-10 in 6hPeak ~42 @ 9 PM

AQI 30 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 10 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). Ozone at AQI 41 now. With UV 7.0 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 27 around 1 PM.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion during the projected peak around 9 PM.

PM 2.5Good
3.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
87μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
3.5

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 41 now. With UV 7.0 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 27 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 41
UV peak
7.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 27
Wagon Mound, NM
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
2%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
65.0mi
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
15:08 UTC · Wagon Mound, 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
15:08 UTC · Wagon Mound, NM · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Wagon Mound, NM
Satellite · infrared · animated
Wagon Mound, NM
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Wagon Mound, NM
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:18 AM
Sunrise
11:47 PM
Daylight
14h 32m
Sunset
2:19 PM
Civil dusk
8:50 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Wagon Mound, NM
The moon
Waning Gibbous
72% illuminated
Moonrise
11:15 PM
Moonset
11:15 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Wagon Mound, NM
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Wagon Mound at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 6°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 23 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 87752

16-Day Forecast — Wagon Mound

  1. Sun87°57°31%
  2. Mon90°56°17%
  3. Tue91°61°51%
  4. Wed94°62°41%
  5. Thu94°60°27%
  6. Fri89°61°57%
  7. Sat93°61°13%
  8. Sun94°65°7%
  9. Mon92°66°4%
  10. Tue91°65°13%
  11. Wed94°66°17%
  12. Thu97°65°33%
  13. Fri102°68°35%
  14. Sat102°70°41%
  15. Sun99°65°43%
  16. Mon99°65°45%

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 — Wagon Mound

SPC has placed Wagon Mound in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

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 Wagon Mound

  • 87752

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.