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NEW MEXICO · SIERRA COUNTY

Winston

47 people, 6,180 ft above sea level in Sierra County.

6,180 ftElevation, city center
47People, 2024 estimate
0 sq miLand area
Sunny 60°
Sunny now Dew point 42° · SSW 15 mph · high 62°
City of Winston River Interstate 2 miles
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The Winston plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Winston

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 11:00 AM MST
RIGHT NOW Truth Or Consequences Municipal Airport (KTCS) · 11:53 AM
Sunny
60° Sunny Feels like 60° · high of 62° near 2 PM
WindSSW 15 mphgusts 24
Humidity51%falling to 39% this afternoon
Pressure29.92 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 42° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Clear
Not this weeknone in the forecast for a week
LIKELY AMOUNT—nothing expected
LAST RAINNov. 60.52 in · 8 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Sierra County
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 12:16 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:41 AM5:09 PM ↓
10 h 28 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 25% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
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Air quality index ·
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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TUESDAY, NOV. 17
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 36 to 45°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 64° / 37°
SAT Nov. 14 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
62° 40°
0% rain — W 19, gusts 35 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
60° 39°
0% rain — NW 6 B
MON Nov. 16 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
60° 41°
0% rain — S 5 B
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
60° 44°
20% rain — S 13 B
WED Nov. 18 Sunny Sunny
62° 40°
0% rain — S 9 C
THU Nov. 19 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
64° 43°
0% rain — S 15, gusts 29 B
FRI Nov. 20 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
64° 39°
0% rain — SW 20, gusts 33 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Winston about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the southern Plains three days ago, and over the Rockies a day ago, about 590 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. It came down from about 14,300 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from Texas; at 10,000 feet, from the southern Plains. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Winston stands on

Winston’s center stands about 6,180 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 6,010 ft to 7,370 ft, a difference of 1,360 ft: steep hill country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Diamond Peak, about 9,830 ft, 14 miles southwest.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Alluvium (unconsolidated), from the Pleistocene to Holocene, less than 0.1 million years old.

The section below crosses 9 rock units mapped at the surface.

Winston, cut in half from west to east

A section west to east, 24 miles through the town center
6,000 ft7,000 ft8,000 ft9,000 ft WINSTON6,180 ftHigh point of the line9,050 ftHagins Peak7,660 ftCarrizo Peak7,200 ftAlamosa Creekabout 5,330 ft ← WE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 5×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Lower middle Tertiary andesitic to dacitic lavas and pyroclastic flow breccias

Andesite, latite. Age: Middle Eocene to Early Oligocene, 33 to 43 million years old. About 7 mi of the line.

Upper Santa Fe Group

Conglomerate-sandstone, coarse-detrital, fine-detrital. Age: Late Miocene to Pleistocene, 0.1 to 7.2 million years old. About 5 mi of the line.

Upper middle Tertiary rhyolitic pyroclastic rocks of the Mogollon Group, ash-flow tuffs

Rhyolite. Age: Early Oligocene to Late Oligocene, 24 to 30 million years old. About 4 mi of the line.

Lower middle Tertiary rhyolitic to dacitic pyroclastic rocks of the Datil Group, ash-flow tuffs

Felsic-volcanic. Age: Late Eocene to Early Oligocene, 31 to 36 million years old. About 3 mi of the line.

Madera Group

Limestone, sandstone, shale. Age: Carboniferous, 299 to 324 million years old. About 1 mi of the line.

Alluvium

Unconsolidated. Age: Pleistocene to Holocene, less than 0.1 million years old. About 1 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale. 3 smaller units along the line are not listed.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Winston’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Winston reaches the Gulf of America by way of Cuchillo Negro Creek and the Rio Grande: about 1,430 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Winston≈ 1,430 mi · the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF WINSTON ≈ 1,430 mi to the Gulf of America Cuchillo Negro Creek → Rio Grande

Lakes on the way: Paz Ramirez Lake, Amistad Reservoir and Caballo Reservoir.

760 miles of the trip are on the Rio Grande.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Winston; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Winston on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Las Cruces NM · 86 MI 86 miles southeast El Paso TX · 125 MI 125 miles southeast Roswell NM · 180 MI 180 miles east
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NEW MEXICO · SIERRA

Winston

47 people, 6,180 ft above sea level in Sierra County.

6,180 ftElevation
47People
0 sq miLand
Sunny 60°
SunnyDew point 42°
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Today in Winston

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly sunny 59° 1%
3p windy 62° 2%
6p partly cloudy night 54° 2%
9p clear night 48° 0%
12a clear night 45° 0%
3a clear night 42° 0%
Clear
NEXT RAINNone this week
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Winston stands on

Winston’s center stands about 6,180 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 6,010 ft to 7,370 ft, a difference of 1,360 ft: steep hill country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Diamond Peak, about 9,830 ft, 14 miles southwest.

Winston, west to east Winston6,180 ftHagins Peak7,660 ftCarrizo Peak7,200 ftAlamosa Creekabout 5,330 ft ← WE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 10×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center6,180 ft
Within 3 miles6,010 to 7,370 ft
Lie of the landSteep hill country (1,360 ft of relief)
High point nearbyDiamond Peak, 9,830 ft, 14 mi southwest
Rock at the surfaceAlluvium
Its agePleistocene to Holocene, less than 0.1 million years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 1,430 mito the Gulf of AmericaCuchillo Negro Creek → Rio Grande

A raindrop that lands in Winston reaches the Gulf of America by way of Cuchillo Negro Creek and the Rio Grande: about 1,430 river miles.

Lakes on the way: Paz Ramirez Lake, Amistad Reservoir and Caballo Reservoir.

760 miles of the trip are on the Rio Grande.