La Tierra, New Mexico Weather
The first anvil tops. Day 90 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
La Tierra weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 16Clear——90°55°—
- WednesdayJun 17Clear——93°64°+3°
- ThursdayJun 18Light Drizzle—0.02″91°65°-2°
- FridayJun 19Overcast15%—87°63°-4°
- SaturdayJun 20Overcast——87°65°0°
- SundayJun 21Clear——87°62°0°
- MondayJun 22Clear——82°62°-5°
AQI 57 (Moderate), driven by Ozone. AQI up 21 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Ozone at AQI 50 now. With UV 0.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 12 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 50 now. With UV 0.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 12 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 50
- UV peak
- 0.3 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 12
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).
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
- Moonrise
- 8:21 AM
- Moonset
- 10:29 PM
- In sign
- ♋︎ Cancer
The first anvil tops
La Tierra at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 6°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 21 (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 Tierra
- Tue90°55°0%
- Wed93°65°1%
- Thu91°65°7%
- Fri87°63°15%
- Sat87°65°5%
- Sun87°62°0%
- Mon82°62°1%
- Tue84°60°3%
- Wed81°61°6%
- Thu94°62°9%
- Fri92°66°8%
- Sat90°65°27%
- Sun90°64°29%
- Mon88°64°29%
- Tue87°64°26%
- Wed88°60°26%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of June 17, 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 Tierra
- 87506