Jal, NM Weather

Lea County8:08 AM MDT32.11°N, 103.19°WElevation 3,071 ft

Current conditions

Sunny
56°
Sunny
Feels like 56°
High 80°·Low 56°
WindE 10 mph
Humidity80%
Dew point50°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover0%
UV index1 Low
Sunrise7:01 AM
Sunset6:16 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day
  • Today

    Sunny, with a high near 80. Southeast wind around 10 mph.

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear, with a low around 56. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.

  • Wednesday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 3 hrs ago.

  1. Now Sunny 56°
  2. 9 AM Sunny 60°
  3. 10 AM Sunny 64°
  4. 11 AM Sunny 68°
  5. 12 PM Sunny 73°
  6. 1 PM Sunny 77°
  7. 2 PM Sunny 78°
  8. 3 PM Sunny 80°
  9. 4 PM Sunny 80°
  10. 5 PM Sunny 80°
  11. 6 PM Mostly Clear 76°
  12. 7 PM Mostly Clear 73°
  13. 8 PM Partly Cloudy 69°
  14. 9 PM Partly Cloudy 67°
  15. 10 PM Mostly Cloudy 66°
  16. 11 PM Partly Cloudy 63°
  17. Wed12 AM Mostly Clear 62°
  18. 1 AM Mostly Clear 61°
  19. 2 AM Mostly Clear 60°
  20. 3 AM Mostly Clear 58°
  21. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 57°
  22. 5 AM Mostly Clear 56°
  23. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 56°
  24. 7 AM Mostly Sunny 56°

Daily forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 20 Sunny Sunny56°80°
  2. WedOct 21 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny57°82°
  3. ThuOct 22 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny59°81°
  4. FriOct 23 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny56%60°80°
  5. SatOct 24 Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms56%59°77°
  6. SunOct 25 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers53%58°70°
  7. MonOct 26 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers38%55°69°
  8. TueOct 27 Cloudy Cloudy49°65°
  9. WedOct 28 Sunny Sunny43°63°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

28
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Hobbs, NM reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:01 AM
Sunset 6:16 PM
Daylight 11 h 15 min (−1 min 52 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 69% lit
Moonrise 3:10 PM Moonset 1:27 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

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Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in MAF, issued 3 hrs ago

Key Messages

Updated at 602 AM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026

- Temperatures trend back to slightly above normal this week.

- Low to medium (20-60%) rain chances return late Thursday through Saturday. The best chance of rain will be over our western counties.

Short Term

(Today through Wednesday afternoon) Issued at 225 AM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026

A disturbance that caused severe weather yesterday across S NM has weakened, but continues to spread clouds across the higher terrain. This has kept temperatures more mild and mostly in the 60s while areas to the east have fallen into the 50s. While a shower or two is possible across Eddy Co. with this passing disturbance, we don't expect any impacts.

Mid level ridging will quickly build over the region today helping to increase subsidence. This will push any convective activity even further west the next several days. Temperatures will continue to trend upward with highs back into the 80s into midweek with lows generally in the 50s.

Long Term

(Wednesday night through Monday) Issued at 225 AM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026

Ridging will dominate our weather through the week with temperatures continuing above normal. Rain chances remain at zero until late Thursday at the earliest when the ridge finally breaks down and southwesterly flow increases aloft. This will be the beginning of an extended period of rain chances as general troughing remains to our west into next week. Given this pattern, will need to monitor for a heavy rain threat, especially if we see any moisture from a very active Eastern Pacific hurricane season.

Aviation

(12Z TAFS) Issued at 602 AM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026

VFR continues through the period along with southerly winds.

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