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I-40 New Mexico Road Conditions
Radar and live pavement conditions on the 372 miles of I-40 in New Mexico — plus closures, road work and city-by-city weather across the state.
Updated Oct 8, 2026 9:59 PM MDT · Mostly dry
Lowest 57°F near Albuquerque, New Mexico · Highest wind 9 mph near Albuquerque, New Mexico
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I-40 runs 372 miles across New Mexico. It passes Albuquerque.
- Interstate: I-40
- State: New Mexico
- Length in state: 372 mi
Weather data from Oct 8, 2026 9:59 PM MDT
57°F
65°F
9 mph
29.87-30.08 inHg
Conditions along I-40 in New Mexico
I-40 crosses 372 miles of New Mexico, between the Texas line and the Arizona line. That is 15% of I-40's 2,555 miles.
Inside New Mexico it meets I-25 at Albuquerque.
By mile marker, I-40 passes Albuquerque 158. It is the only city on this stretch that the mileposts name.
No full closures are reported on I-40 in New Mexico as of Oct 8, 2026 9:59 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 |
NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, from a weather station in New Mexico. A dash is a figure that station does not report, not a zero.
Towns Along I-40 in New Mexico
From Gallup to Tucumcari, with the position of each town measured along this stretch itself — counted from the Gallup end, not from a state milepost, so it will not match the numbers on the signs.
- 21 mi Gallup 1.1 mi off the road
- 79 mi Milan
- 83 mi Grants 1.4 mi off the road
- 158 mi Los Ranchos de Albuquerque 3.8 mi off the road
- 158 mi Albuquerque
- 182 mi Edgewood 3.5 mi off the road
- 196 mi Moriarty
- 274 mi Santa Rosa
- 333 mi Tucumcari
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.
I-40 in New Mexico Road Weather FAQ
- Is Interstate 40 in New Mexico closed right now?
- No full closures are reported on I-40 in New Mexico. No lane closures or roadworks are reported either.
- What are I-40 in New Mexico road conditions today?
- The map on this page colors the route along I-40 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 9:59 PM MDT. Right now temperatures run from 57°F to 65°F and the strongest wind is 9 mph.
- 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-40 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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