Storm Station
Tortugas, New Mexico
82°
Clear· Feels like 80°·Light breeze 7 mph W
Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. North wind around 1 mph.
-UV
39Air quality
26%Humidity
8%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Tortugas, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Las Cruces INTLLRU

At an airfield/9.9 mi away/4,455 ft/553 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank324of 345

Dripping Springs RAWSLOMN5

A remote fire weather station/10.5 mi away/5,850 ft/1,948 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank63of 345

Jornada Exp RangeS2168

At a soil climate station/20.1 mi away/4,360 ft/458 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

Las Cruces 20 N03074

At a climate reference station/23.5 mi away/4,327 ft/425 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Las Cruces 4.7 SNM-DA-374

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/3,883 ft/19 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

State UniversitySTCN5

On a college campus/1.0 mi away/3,944 ft/42 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Las Cruces INTL, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.9 mi from Tortugas. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:35 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 Las Cruces INTL, 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 LRUFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAS CRUCES INTLSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELas Cruces INTL, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LRUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LRU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

63.7 F with a dew point of 56.3 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Las Cruces INTL: temperature 63.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.3, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LRUFIG. B THE AIR AT LAS CRUCES INTLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.5 FTEMPERATURE 63.7 FDEW POINT 56.3 FSPREAD 7.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 POINTTITLELas Cruces INTL, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LRUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LRU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Las Cruces INTL, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LRUFIG. C THE WIND AT LAS CRUCES INTLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELas Cruces INTL, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LRUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LRU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Las Cruces INTL, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at State University (STCN5), 1.0 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New Mexico

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

Near Tortugas

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