Las Cruces, NM Weather Forecast
Doña Ana County, New Mexico
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Las Cruces, 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.
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Las Cruces, NM at a glance
Las Cruces is home to about 114,892 people in Doña Ana County, across 77 square miles. It ranks 2nd by population of 43 places in New Mexico with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Anthony, 24 miles away.
- County
- Doña Ana County
- Population
- 114,892 2023 est.
- Land area
- 77 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,493
- Forecast point
- 32.3264°N, 106.7897°W
How well can the network see Las Cruces?
The nearest Doppler radar is KEPZ (El Paso, TX), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 2,000 ft above Las Cruces. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Las Cruces show up clearly. Las Cruces is closer to its radar than 68% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KLRU (Las Cruces Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Las Cruces
- Anthony, NM24 mi
- Anthony, TX26 mi
- Vinton, TX28 mi
- Sunland Park, NM36 mi
- El Paso, TX39 mi
- Deming, NM56 mi
- Horizon City, TX57 mi
- Socorro, TX57 mi
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