Santa Rosa, New Mexico Weather
Heat settles and the rain begins. Day 89 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Santa Rosa weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 16Mostly Clear——100°57°—
- WednesdayJun 17Overcast——103°66°+3°
- ThursdayJun 18Light Drizzle——86°68°-17°
- FridayJun 19Drizzle17%—90°61°+4°
- SaturdayJun 20Overcast14%—98°67°+8°
- SundayJun 21Partly Cloudy——98°72°0°
- MondayJun 22Partly Cloudy——89°63°-9°
AQI 38 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 10 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline).
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 4.9 µg/m³ (AQI 27) with a 0.82 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.82
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
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
- 7:04 AM
- Moonset
- 9:29 PM
- In sign
- ♋︎ Cancer
Heat settles and the rain begins
Santa Rosa at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 16°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 17 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jun 16–20
- Planting window: Stake and prune tomato suckers. Watch for squash vine borers.
15-Day Forecast — Santa Rosa
- Tue100°57°1%
- Wed103°66°0%
- Thu86°68°4%
- Fri90°61°17%
- Sat98°67°14%
- Sun98°72°4%
- Mon89°63°6%
- Tue90°64°15%
- Wed88°65°15%
- Thu90°67°12%
- Fri98°67°22%
- Sat98°74°23%
- Sun95°72°19%
- Mon90°72°36%
- Tue90°70°39%
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 Santa Rosa
- 88435