Storm Station
Wagon Mound, New Mexico
72°
Mostly clear· Feels like 72°·Light breeze 7 mph S
Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. Northwest wind 0 to 5 mph.
-UV
35Air quality
32%Humidity
23%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Wagon Mound, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Mills Canyon RAWSMLCN5

A remote fire weather station/21.5 mi away/5,827 ft/395 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank126of 345

Las Vegas MunicipalLVS

At an airfield/34.6 mi away/6,873 ft/651 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Wagon Mound 3.2 WNWNM-MR-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/6,408 ft/186 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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OcateOCTN5

At a cooperative observer's station/22.7 mi away/7,249 ft/1,027 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mills Canyon RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 21.5 mi from Wagon Mound. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:05 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 47.2 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Mills Canyon RAWS: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.2, 65 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MLCN5FIG. B THE AIR AT MILLS CANYON RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.6 FTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 47.2 FSPREAD 11.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 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 POINTTITLEMills Canyon RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP MLCN5TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MLCN5-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (214 degrees) at 1 mph, gusting 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 3 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mills Canyon RAWS, north up: blowing from 214 degrees, the southwest, at 1 miles an hour, gusting 3; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MLCN5FIG. C THE WIND AT MILLS CANYON RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 214°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMills Canyon RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP MLCN5TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MLCN5-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 5,827 ft above sea level, 19 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 24.13 inHg and the temperature at 38.2 F; it reports 59.0 F, 20.8 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Mills Canyon RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 5,827 feet above sea level with 19 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 24.13 inches of mercury, and temperature, 38.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MLCN5FIG. D WHERE MILLS CANYON RAWS STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREMILLS CANYON RAWS19 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT5,827 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE24.13 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE38.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED59.0 FTITLEMills Canyon RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP MLCN5TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MLCN5-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Mills Canyon RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New Mexico

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Near Wagon Mound

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