Ruidoso, NM Weather Forecast
Lincoln County, New Mexico
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Ruidoso, 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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Ruidoso, NM at a glance
Ruidoso is home to about 7,663 people in Lincoln County, across 16 square miles. It ranks 26th by population of 43 places in New Mexico with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Ruidoso Downs, 4 miles away.
- County
- Lincoln County
- Population
- 7,663 2023 est.
- Land area
- 16 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 475
- Forecast point
- 33.3495°N, 105.6688°W
How well can the network see Ruidoso?
The nearest Doppler radar is KHDX (Holloman AFB, NM), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 2,000 ft above Ruidoso. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Ruidoso is closer to its radar than 67% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KSRR (Ruidoso Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Ruidoso
- Ruidoso Downs, NM4 mi
- Tularosa, NM28 mi
- Alamogordo, NM36 mi
- Roswell, NM66 mi
- Artesia, NM80 mi
- Socorro, NM86 mi
- Las Cruces, NM96 mi
- Carlsbad, NM106 mi
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