Storm Station
Des Moines, New Mexico
56° 76°/55°
Clear· Feels like 56°·Gentle breeze 9 mph SSW
Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. Southwest wind around 10 mph.
0UV Low
35Air quality
48%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
1:30 AM
56feels56
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
7655
14mph
UV 7
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
6956
67%
22mph
UV 6
drizzle dense
Tue
Sep 29
5853
84%
19mph
showers
Wed
Sep 30
5745
82%
29mph
showers
Thu
Oct 1
5342
59%
34mph
drizzle
Fri
Oct 2
5939
14%
UV 7
clear day
Sat
Oct 3
7144
13%
UV 7
clear day
56°
76°55°
69°56°
58°53°
57°45°
53°42°
59°39°
71°44°

As of 1:30 AM in Des Moines, New Mexico.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Des Moines, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.1 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Raton/Crews FldRTN

At an airfield/36.9 mi away/6,348 ft/305 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2of 345

I-25 Raton PassNM013

Beside a road/39.2 mi away/7,825 ft/1,172 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank298of 345

measured daily2 instruments

CapulinDCPN5

At a cooperative observer's station/8.1 mi away/6,837 ft/184 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Capulin 0.6 NNM-UN-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.8 mi away/6,845 ft/192 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Raton/Crews Fld, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 36.9 mi from Des Moines. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Raton/Crews Fld, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RTNFIG. A THE SKY OVER RATON/CREWS FLDSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERaton/Crews Fld, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RTNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RTN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Raton/Crews Fld: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RTNFIG. B THE AIR AT RATON/CREWS FLDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.1 FTEMPERATURE 48.0 FDEW POINT 44.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLERaton/Crews Fld, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RTNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RTN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (40 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Raton/Crews Fld, north up: blowing from 40 degrees, the northeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RTNFIG. C THE WIND AT RATON/CREWS FLDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 40°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERaton/Crews Fld, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RTNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RTN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Raton/Crews Fld, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New Mexico

18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Des Moines

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.