Ruidoso Downs, NM Weather Forecast
Lincoln County, New Mexico
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Ruidoso Downs, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in overnight
It is 42°, but the wind is taking it down to 41° on exposed skin. The sky is mostly cloudy. The air is close to calm.
The wind backs into the west-northwest around 10 PM, which is the turn that usually comes ahead of the change rather than after it. The first rain arrives between 2 AM and 3 AM. That leaves a usable window outdoors until about 2 AM, and it closes quickly after that.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
A long wet stretch ahead
The wet part of the window runs from about 2 AM to 6 PM, 4 hours of it, with the highest chance near 2 AM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 0.11 in.
It tapers off after 6 PM. The overnight low settles near 40°. Tomorrow tops out near 48°.
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
31–56°F across the weekThe week runs between 34° and 56°, with Tuesday the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Tomorrow is the wettest day, peaking near 51%. 6 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Ruidoso Downs, NM at a glance
Ruidoso Downs is home to about 2,579 people in Lincoln County, across 3.8 square miles. It ranks 43rd by population of 43 places in New Mexico with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Ruidoso, 4 miles away.
- County
- Lincoln County
- Population
- 2,579 2023 est.
- Land area
- 3.8 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 680
- Forecast point
- 33.3312°N, 105.5968°W
How well can the network see Ruidoso Downs?
The nearest Doppler radar is KHDX (Holloman AFB, NM), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 2,200 ft above Ruidoso Downs. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Ruidoso Downs is closer to its radar than 63% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KSRR (Ruidoso Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Ruidoso Downs
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- Las Cruces, NM98 mi
- Carlsbad, NM102 mi
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