Raton, NM Weather Forecast
Colfax County, New Mexico
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Raton, 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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Raton, NM at a glance
Raton is home to about 5,978 people in Colfax County, across 8 square miles. It ranks 33rd by population of 43 places in New Mexico with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Trinidad, 20 miles away.
- County
- Colfax County
- Population
- 5,978 2023 est.
- Land area
- 8 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 751
- Forecast point
- 36.8850°N, 104.4396°W
How well can the network see Raton?
The nearest Doppler radar is KPUX (Pueblo, CO), to the N. Its lowest scan passes about 11,100 ft above Raton. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for Raton looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KRTN (Raton/Crews Fld). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Raton
- Trinidad, CO20 mi
- Walsenburg, CO55 mi
- Taos, NM72 mi
- Clayton, NM78 mi
- Alamosa, CO89 mi
- La Junta, CO90 mi
- Las Vegas, NM98 mi
- Santa Fe, NM120 mi
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