Portales, NM Weather Forecast
Roosevelt County, New Mexico
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Portales, 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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Portales, NM at a glance
Portales is home to about 11,859 people in Roosevelt County, across 8 square miles. It ranks 17th by population of 43 places in New Mexico with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Clovis, 20 miles away.
- County
- Roosevelt County
- Population
- 11,859 2023 est.
- Land area
- 8 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,478
- Forecast point
- 34.1773°N, 103.3551°W
How well can the network see Portales?
The nearest Doppler radar is KFDX (Cannon AFB, NM), to the NNW. Its lowest scan passes about 2,300 ft above Portales. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Portales is closer to its radar than 63% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KCVS (Clovis/Cannon AFB). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Portales
- Clovis, NM20 mi
- Muleshoe, TX36 mi
- Friona, TX48 mi
- Littlefield, TX61 mi
- Dimmitt, TX65 mi
- Levelland, TX70 mi
- Hereford, TX70 mi
- Tucumcari, NM71 mi
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