La Bajada, New Mexico Weather
The first anvil tops. Day 89 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
La Bajada weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 16Clear——96°60°—
- WednesdayJun 17Clear——98°64°+2°
- ThursdayJun 18Overcast——98°69°0°
- FridayJun 19Light Drizzle——95°64°-3°
- SaturdayJun 20Overcast——94°66°-1°
- SundayJun 21Clear——92°61°-2°
- MondayJun 22Clear——92°61°0°
AQI 27 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 6 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). Ozone at AQI 44 now. With UV 8.9 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 52 around 1 PM.
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 44 now. With UV 8.9 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 52 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 44
- UV peak
- 8.9 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 52
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).
Cut your thistles before St. John, you will have two instead of one.
- Moonrise
- 7:08 AM
- Moonset
- 9:38 PM
- In sign
- ♋︎ Cancer
The first anvil tops
La Bajada at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 4°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 20 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jun 16–20
- Planting window: Stake and prune tomato suckers. Watch for squash vine borers.
16-Day Forecast — La Bajada
- Tue96°60°0%
- Wed98°64°0%
- Thu98°69°5%
- Fri95°64°7%
- Sat94°66°7%
- Sun92°61°0%
- Mon92°61°1%
- Tue94°60°1%
- Wed98°60°5%
- Thu99°64°4%
- Fri101°63°4%
- Sat97°66°10%
- Sun95°63°14%
- Mon91°61°22%
- Tue87°59°23%
- Wed89°64°27%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of June 16, 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.
ZIP codes in La Bajada
- 87507