Española, NM Weather Forecast
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Española, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Española, NM at a glance
Española is home to about 10,431 people in Rio Arriba County, across 8.2 square miles. It ranks 19th by population of 43 places in New Mexico with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Santa Fe, 24 miles away.
- County
- Rio Arriba County
- Population
- 10,431 2023 est.
- Land area
- 8.2 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,269
- Forecast point
- 36.0040°N, 106.0701°W
How well can the network see Española?
The nearest Doppler radar is KABX (Albuquerque, NM), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 6,000 ft above Española. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Española can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KLAM (Los Alamos Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Española
- Santa Fe, NM24 mi
- Taos, NM38 mi
- Bernalillo, NM55 mi
- Las Vegas, NM55 mi
- Edgewood, NM61 mi
- Rio Rancho, NM61 mi
- Corrales, NM61 mi
- Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM67 mi
Elsewhere in New Mexico
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