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September 25, 2026. Normally Dry Rio Felix Arroyo. Looking West From The Bridge Over US Hwy 285. Local Record High Temperatures For: Roswell Monday 97 in 2024 Artesia Airport Monday 95 in 2024 Artesia Climate Monday 93 in 2024 Carlsbad Airport Monday 97 in 1979 Carlsbad Climate Monday 95 in 1979 Carlsbad has reached 91º for a high temp today, Artesia 88, Roswell 87, and Hobbs 86.  Monday will likely be the hottest day of the month for the southeastern plains, with forecast highs ranging from near 90 to the mid-90s. A few of us may get close to tying or breaking our daily record high temperatures on Monday. Some people think this is our Indian summer, but it's not. A true Indian summer event occurs after the first frost/freeze in fall, and we haven't seen that yet in New Mexico except across some of the higher mountain valleys of the state. A lot is going on in the atmosphere that will affect our weather over the state and local area this upcoming week. After seeing highs in sou...

October 7, 2026. Hobbs, New Mexico Sunset. A warming trend has commenced and will continue this weekend through Columbus Day before a Pacific cold front cools us down next Tuesday and Wednesday. A second cold front will likely drop our temps further by next Thursday and Friday.  Until then, the southeastern plains will get rather toasty Sunday and Monday, with highs forecast in the low to mid 90s. We may get close to the daily record highs. Record High Temperatures For: Roswell Sunday 96 in 2020 Roswell Monday 97 in 2024 Artesia Airport Sunday 93 in 2020 Artesia Airport Monday 95 in 2024 Artesia Climate Sunday 96 in 2020 Artesia Climate Monday 93 in 2024 Carlsbad Airport Sunday 96 in 1979 Carlsbad Airport Monday 97 in 1979 Carlsbad Climate Sunday 98 in 1903 Carlsbad Climate Monday 95 in 1979 Breezy southerly and southwesterly winds will pick up Sunday across the southeastern plains with gusts around 25 mph. Stronger gusts are forecast for the Guadalupe, Sacramento, and Capitan Moun...

September 25, 2026. Artesia, New Mexico. Absolutely Beautiful Weather For The Rest Of This Week! It will be hard to beat our weather for the rest of this week. Fall in New Mexico can be wonderful. Our daytime highs and overnight lows will run above average, but long gone are the seemingly never-ending 90s and 100s.  High temperatures across the southeastern plains will be in the 80s today through this coming Sunday, with overnight lows in the mid-50s to near 60. High temperatures across the Sacramento and Capitan Mountains will range from the 70s in the Ruidoso area to the upper 50s to near 60 in the Cloudcroft area. Overnight lows will be in the 40s.  By Sunday night and Monday, scattered showers and thunderstorms may return to the mountains. Isolated showers and thunderstorms are forecast for the rest of the state's mountains through Thursday.  Normal High/Low Temps For Oct 6th: Gallup 72/35 Grants 77/36 Farmington 73/42 Red River 61/28 Eagle Nest 66/28 Raton 72/38 Clay...

September 26, 2026. Hondo, New Mexico - East Of Ruidoso. Blog Updated Sunday, October 4, 2026. You Wanted Fall Weather - You Got It. A reinforcing shot of cooler air behind a cold front headed south through northeastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle this afternoon will arrive in southeastern New Mexico tonight and most of the area tomorrow.  North winds behind the front have gusted to 60 mph at the Raton and Las Vegas airports, and 35-45 mph across the eastern plains. A Wind Advisory remains in effect until 6 PM MDT this evening for these areas. Northerly winds are forecast to gust up to 25-35 mph tonight across the southeastern plains and the east slopes of the Sacramento Mountains. A High Wind Warning is in effect for the Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy and Culberson Counties from 6 PM MDT this evening through noon Friday for northeast winds sustained at 35-45 mph with gusts near 60 mph. Areas of low clouds and fog are possible tonight into Friday morning and again Friday nigh...

September 25, 2026.  Atoka, South Of Artesia.  Selected Higher 72-Hour Rainfall Totals.  Santa Fe CoCoRaHS 5.2 S 4.55" Glenwood CoCoRaHS 8.8 NNW 4.38" Western Springs Near Elk (San Miguel Co) HADS 4.35" Caprock Raws East Of Artesia 4.28" Grady Raws N of Clovis 4.06" Santa Fe 4 ENE 3.46" T Or C CoCoRaHS 12 ESE 3.40" Espanola 4 S 3.38" 10K Sandia Mountains East of Albuquerque 3.34"  Rio Grande Below Leasburg Dam Near Radium Springs 1E HADS 3.34" Rio Rancho CoCoRaHS 3.3 ENE 3.32" Las Cruces 19.4 N 3.24" Santa Fe CoCoRaHS 10.7 S 3.10" Cosmic Raws Apache Summit Near Sunspot 2.96" Tatum CoCoRaHS 0.9 E 2.75" Cienegita Springs HADS W of Ruidoso 2.74" Alamogordo CoCoRaHS 8.8 N 2.65" Capitan CoCoRaHS 5.5 NE 2.59" Ski Apache CoCoRaHS 2.50" Near Old Ponderisa Pines Golf Course Cox Canyon SE of Cloudcroft 2.48"  Sierra Blanca Regional Airport AWOS 2.00" Maljamar PWS 2.83" Deming 11.7 N 2.67...

September 25, 2026. Normally Dry Rio Felix Arroyo. Taken From The Bridge On US Hwy 285. Southern Chaves County - West Of Hagerman.  Blog Updated At 12:50 PM MDT Monday, Sept 28, 2026. Blog Updated At 8:00 PM MDT Monday, Sept, 28, 2026.  Another Dangerous Excessive Rainfall & Flash Flood Event Starting Today!  All Of New Mexico Is Under Flood Watches! Update: A few supercell thunderstorms will develop across southern New Mexico and the eastern half of New Mexico, as well as across parts of West Texas, Tuesday afternoon into early Wednesday morning. These thunderstorms will produce damaging severe wind gusts in excess of 60 mph and perhaps a few isolated tornadoes. As noted by the Albuquerque National Weather Service Office, trees in these areas will be more susceptible to being blown down due to the very wet soil conditions.    Today's quiet weather before round two of heavy to excessive rains and flash flooding will come to a fast end first across northwest ...

September 24, 2026. Carlsbad, New Mexico.  Normally Dry Dark Canyon Arroyo. Blog Updated At 5:50 PM MDT Saturday, Sept 26, 2026. Selected Highest Storm Total Rainfall Amounts. (Tuesday, Sept 22 - Saturday, Sept 26, 2026). Clovis Municipal Airport 14.45" Clovis CoCoRaHS 1.7 NE 12.70" Clovis CoCoRaHS 2.2.3 NNE 11.28" East Pine Lodge Rd Roswell Public Report 11.00" Clovis CoCoRaHS 1.2 NW 9.59" Texico CoCoRaHS 13.6 N 9.48" Clovis CoCoRaHS 3.3 SW 9.32" Clovis CoCoRaHS 3.3 E 9.25" Clovis PWS 9.20" Clovis XL AWS 5.5 WSW 8.91" Clovis XL AWS 2.7 SSE 8.72" Cannon AFB Clovis 8.57" JT Forestry Research Center West of Mora 8.27" Clovis XL AWS 6.75" W 8.17" Elida CoCoRaHS 5.7 W 8.10" Artesia 13th St & Ray St 8.00" N Elida NMCC 7.96" Elida W of the Community 7.90" Public Report Hope 7.80" Artesia N of town Public Report 7.60" Lincoln CoCoRaHS 1.4 ESE 7.35" Cloudcroft - Waterfall ...