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Fairacres, New Mexico Weather

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

Fairacres, NM
Thursday, June 4 at 4:52 PM
71
°
Overcast
Feels like
71°
Humidity
69%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
6:00 AM
Sunset
8:10 PM
Fairacres, NM
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFairacres, NM: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 65 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 65°H 88°
Fairacres, NM
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Rain
    58%
    0.20″
    88°62°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Light Drizzle
    16%
    0.02″
    92°65°+4°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    15%
    94°64°+2°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    96°75°+2°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Partly Cloudy
    99°77°+3°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    101°80°+2°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Overcast
    99°80°-2°
Fairacres, NM
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
154° · veering 8°
Direction
SSE
154°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
12
mph
Peak 24h
34
avg 6
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
avg 6 · pk 34 @ 8:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 1410SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 8° from the sse.
Fairacres, NM
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
883.7
-1.2 mb in 3h · falling · 26.10 inHg
Now
883.7
mb
3h
-1.2
mb
12h
+2.2
mb
24h
-0.5
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 879884
875880885890-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW884.3879.3882.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Fairacres, NM
Air quality
26
AQI
Good
-2 in 6hPeak ~44 @ 11 PM

Ozone at AQI 39. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~92%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

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

PM 2.5Good
6.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
82μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
5.2

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 39. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~92%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 39
UV peak
7.4 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 19

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5/PM10 ratio 0.66 with 8 mph wind — characteristic of long-range haze transport rather than a local source.

PM2.5/PM10
0.66
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
transport
Fairacres, NM
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
48.3mi
UNLIMITED
142 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
16:52 UTC ·Fairacres, NM · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
16:52 UTC ·Fairacres, NM · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Fairacres, NM
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fairacres, NM
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fairacres, NM
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
11:34 AM
Sunrise
6:00 AM
Daylight
14h 10m
Sunset
8:10 PM
Civil dusk
2:40 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Fairacres, NM
The moon
Waning Gibbous
83% illuminated
Moonrise
5:15 AM
Moonset
3:33 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Fairacres, NM
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Heat hardens the dust

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fairacres at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 12°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 1 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 4, 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 — Fairacres

SPC has placed Fairacres in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • 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 Fairacres

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.