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I-25 New Mexico Road Conditions
Radar and live pavement conditions on the 462 miles of I-25 in New Mexico — plus closures, road work and city-by-city weather across the state.
Updated Oct 8, 2026 9:35 PM MDT · Mostly dry
Lowest 53°F near Santa Fe, New Mexico · Highest wind 10 mph near Santa Fe, New Mexico
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I-25 runs 462 miles across New Mexico. It passes Albuquerque, Las Cruces and Santa Fe. The high crossing on this stretch is Raton Pass at 7,834 ft, which is where winter closes it first.
- Interstate: I-25
- State: New Mexico
- Length in state: 462 mi
Weather data from Oct 8, 2026 9:35 PM MDT
53°F
73°F
10 mph
29.79-30.03 inHg
Conditions along I-25 in New Mexico
New Mexico road conditions & New Mexico 511
Dry
- Albuquerque 69°F · 4 mph wind · Dry
- Las Cruces 71°F · 6 mph wind · Dry
- Santa Fe 65°F · 10 mph wind · Dry
I-25 crosses 462 miles of New Mexico, from the Colorado line to its end in the state. That is 43% of I-25's 1,063 miles.
Inside New Mexico it meets I-40 at Albuquerque.
By mile marker, I-25 passes Las Cruces 5 · Albuquerque 225 · Santa Fe 285.
It carries Raton Pass at 7,834 ft, where the weather at the summit is not the weather on the approach.
No full closures are reported on I-25 in New Mexico as of Oct 8, 2026 9:35 PM MDT, and no lane closures or roadworks either. Always check with the responsible state DOT before setting off.
| Place | Snow a year | Snow days | Freezing nights | Freeze–thaw days | First freeze | Last freeze | Days over 90°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque | 9.6" | 9.5 | 89.8 | 86.7 | Nov 4 | Apr 7 | 42.6 |
| Las Cruces | 2.6" | 1.1 | 71.1 | 70.9 | Nov 9 | Mar 23 | 96 |
| Santa Fe | 23" | 8.4 | 165 | 157.4 | Oct 6 | May 13 | 16.8 |
NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, from 3 weather stations in New Mexico. A dash is a figure that station does not report, not a zero.
Every figure above is a town or a city. The summits are a different climate: Raton Pass has its own page with the readings at the top and a six-day summit forecast.
Towns Along I-25 in New Mexico
From Mesilla to Raton, with the position of each town measured along this stretch itself — counted from the Mesilla end, not from a state milepost, so it will not match the numbers on the signs.
- 1 mi Mesilla 4.3 mi off the road
- 6 mi Las Cruces 1.8 mi off the road
- 43 mi Hatch
- 150 mi Socorro 1.1 mi off the road
- 200 mi Belen 1.4 mi off the road
- 207 mi Peralta 3.7 mi off the road
- 227 mi Albuquerque
- 243 mi Bernalillo 1.1 mi off the road
- 283 mi Santa Fe 2.3 mi off the road
- 305 mi Pecos 2.5 mi off the road
- 453 mi Raton
Places from the US Census Gazetteer and population estimates, both public domain; distances measured along this page's own route geometry.
Summaries fetched Oct 8, 2026 6:06 AM MDT
Albuquerque, NM weather
- The current weather conditions in Albuquerque, NM indicate that the air quality is forecast to be unhealthy for sensitive groups, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 115 µg/m³ due to PM10
- This is expected to last for 1 to 2 hours from now
- The temperature is currently 53°F with a dew point of 42°F and a humidity level of 67%
- Winds are light, coming from the east at 2 mph
- The atmospheric pressure is measured at 30.06 inHg
- Visibility is good at 9.9 miles under clear skies
- There are no active alerts at this time.
Las Cruces, NM weather
- The current weather in Las Cruces, NM, shows clear conditions with a temperature of 60°F and a dew point of 50°F, contributing to a humidity level of 71%
- The wind is calm, blowing from the southeast at 1 mph, with a visibility of 9.9 miles
- The atmospheric pressure is measured at 29.9 inHg
- As of now, there are no active weather alerts and no precipitation is occurring.
Santa Fe, NM weather
- Current weather conditions in Santa Fe, NM indicate a temperature of 51.4°F with a relative humidity of 51%
- The dew point stands at 33.8°F, and the atmospheric pressure is 30.06 inHg
- Winds are coming from the southeast at 2 mph
- The sky is clear with good visibility of 9.9 miles
- There are no active weather alerts at this time.
I-25 in New Mexico Road Weather FAQ
- Is Interstate 25 in New Mexico closed right now?
- No full closures are reported on I-25 in New Mexico. No lane closures or roadworks are reported either.
- What are I-25 in New Mexico road conditions today?
- The map on this page colors the route along I-25 in New Mexico by what is on the pavement right now — dry, wet, slush, snow or ice — from radar and surface data, last updated Oct 8, 2026 9:35 PM MDT. Right now temperatures run from 53°F to 73°F and the strongest wind is 10 mph.
- Are there mountain passes on I-25 in New Mexico?
- Yes — one on this site, Raton Pass at 7,834 ft. It has its own summit page.
- Where are New Mexico road closures reported officially?
- New Mexico's official traveler information service is NMRoads, at nmroads.com, and it is where closures and restrictions are reported.
- How often are I-25 in New Mexico road conditions updated?
- The road surface and weather layers are rebuilt whenever this page is opened with data more than ten minutes old, and refreshed on a schedule in between, so nothing here is more than about two hours old even on a road nobody has looked at. Closures and road blocks are re-imported from the state 511 feeds every fifteen minutes, and the written state-by-state summaries are refreshed daily. Every section on this page carries the time its data was fetched.
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