Live Weather and Current Conditions For Las Cruces NM USA

86°F

Las Cruces~New Mexico~USA
- on the East Mesa at 4474 ft

Updated: Fri, 03-Sep-2010 4:10pm MDT

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There are no active watches, warnings or advisories for zone NMC013.


Radar/Satellite images courtesy of Weather Underground.

Updated: @ 03-Sep-2010 4:10pm - next update at 4:15pm

Summary / Temperature

Wind

Rain/Melted Snow

Cloud Level

Dry

85.7°F

Warm

Feels like: 84°F

24-hr difference
-9°F

TEMP:	HIGH:	LOW:
Today:	86.2°F	68.4°F
Today:	2:51pm	7:21am
Normal:	87.8°F	64.4°F
Record:	96.8°F	60.8°F
Record:	2001	2007
Yesterday:	95.9°F	66.9°F
Yesterday:	5:10pm	7:09am
Month:	95.8°F	66.7°F
Month:	SEP 2	SEP 1
Year:	108.1°F	19.2°F
Year:	JUN 6	JAN 9
Pool: 81°F	81°F	78°F

	SSW 6.0 Gust: 0.0
Light Breeze
60-Min Avg:	3.2 mph
120-Min Avg:	4.1 mph
Wind Run:	76.13 miles
Max Gust:	28.0 mph 1:02am
Month:	28.0 mph Sep 3

Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Last Rain/Melt:	8/31/2010 3:50 AM
September:	0.00 in
Last 7 Days:	0.22 in
Rain Season:¹	5.57 in
Rain Days:	37 in 2010
Rainiest Day Year to date:	0.63 in AUG 24
2 days since last rain.

Barometer ( inHg)

Humidity/Dew Point

Air Quality⁶

Current:	29.869 inHg
1-Hr Trend:	Falling slowly
3-Hr Trend:	Falling
High: 29.972 \| Low: 29.756

Humidity:	33 %
Humidex:	89.6°F
Dew Point:	53.3°F
Wetbulb:	66.7°F

^{AQI: 13 of 500}

UV Forecast

Current Solar Energy

Sun/Moon

3 Sep 2010 Very High 10.1

4 Sep 2010 Very High 9.1

5 Sep 2010 Very High 9.5

Energy: 619 W/m² (100 %)

High: 981 at 2:24pm

Feels like: 101.7°F

Daylight:

12:46
-0:03 Min
^{Tot Eclipse: JAN 4}

Waning Crescent

27% Illuminated
^{Tot Eclipse: DEC 21}

Heat Index

Cooling Degree Days

Current:	83.9°F
Today:	84.2°F 2:51pm
Yesterday:	92.6°F
Last Week:	92.6°F
Record:	103.8°F 06-Jun-2010

Today:	8.8
September:	40.6
2010 to Date:	1778.6
Heating Degree Days
2010 to Date:	1887.2

Station All Time Records

Irrigation Index⁵

Almanac

Fire Risk

HIGHS:	LOWS:
108.1°F 06-Jun-2010	13.6°F 18-Jan-2008
Daytime Records:
92.7°F Jul 19 2010	-0.0°F May 27 2009
Nitetime Records:
89.1°F Jun 18 2008	13.6°F Jan 18 2008
ICN:0 ISS:Ok CON:4.2 RCP:99%

Updated at Midnight
Current:	0.34 in
7-Days Rain:	0.22 in
7-Days ET:	1.29 in
7-Day:	-1.08 in
September:	-0.44 in
Outside Now
Air Density:	1.157 kg/m³

Sunrise:	6:43am
Sunset:	7:29pm
Moonrise:	1:12am
Moonset:	3:48pm
Full Moon:	24 August 2010
New Moon:	10:30 UTC 8 September 2010

Chandler Burning Index

Currently:
52.9 at 4:10 PM

¹ Rain season: Jan 1st to Dec 31st. ⁵ Estimated amount of water needed to replace the water used by plants and evaporation from the past week. (Negative numbers mean amount of water needed, positive numbers mean excess water is present.)
⁶Air Quality Index is provided by the New Mexico Environment Department and is updated hourly.
The AQI monitoring station used is located approx 1 mile north of Las Cruces Weather.

NWS Weather Forecast - This Afternoon's and Tonight's Outlook

This
Afternoon

Slight Chc
Tstms
Hi 88 °F

NWS forecast: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 88. East southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tonight

Slight Chc
Tstms
Lo 61 °F

NWS forecast: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. Southeast wind between 5 and 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

NWS Short Term Weather Forecast

Tonight

Slight Chance Thunderstorms. Chance for Measurable Precipitation 10%

Slight Chc
Tstms
Lo 61 °F

Saturday

Sunny