Cloudy | New Mexico Weather

Good morning! I'm Aaron Jolly. And welcome to the New Mexico Weather Podcast — it's Thursday, February 26th. Step outside right now and that 49 degrees feels crisp. Almost cold. But hold on.. Because we're about to jump 36 degrees by this afternoon. Central New Mexico climbs to 75 degrees today under mostly sunny skies. Those winds pick up around midday, gusting to 20 miles an hour by 2 P.M. Tonight we settle back to 40 degrees under clear skies. Push north and the story shifts. Northern New Mexico tops out at 66 degrees with that north wind blowing steady at 10 to 20 miles an hour. If you were out early, you felt those wind chills near 31 degrees. Tonight drops to 37 degrees. Now the desert down south? That's where the real warmth lives. Southern New Mexico hits 81 degrees this afternoon with sunshine and light winds. Tonight's low sits at 50 degrees. Here's where it gets interesting. Temperatures keep climbing straight through the weekend. Sunday could bring record highs across the state. Central areas approach 82 degrees. Southern New Mexico may touch 86. That's mid-May warmth showing up three months early. Early next week brings a pattern shift. A slight chance of rain showers returns Tuesday, mainly up north. Temperatures back off into the upper 60s and low 70s. One more thing. We're gaining over two minutes of daylight each day now. Sunrise at 6:41 A.M., sunset at 6:00 P.M. The spring equinox sits just three weeks away. UV index peaks at 6 today, so grab the sunglasses if you're heading out this afternoon. Enjoy the warmth while it lasts. That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow.