Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Tuesday begins clear and cold in Red River, at 28 degrees with a light west wind. It is an easy mountain travel day. The forecast is mostly sunny with a high near 55 degrees, a low near 26 tonight, no precipitation, and no weather alerts in effect. Sunrise was at 6:34 a.m. and sunset comes at 4:56 p.m. The shared morning radar was clear over northern New Mexico and the Enchanted Circle, and morning checks found no closures reported on NM-38 over Bobcat Pass, around the 84-mile Enchanted Circle loop, or on US-64 toward Taos and Eagle Nest. Because the morning starts below freezing, early drivers should watch bridges and shaded canyon corners for frost before the sun reaches the pavement.
The Colorado route is straightforward today. Raton started clear at 30 degrees on its way to a sunny high near 63, Raton Pass was clear with light winds and no alerts, and Colorado reported no full closures on its interstates this morning. Two work zones deserve a plan. On I-25 at Raton Pass, the right lane and right shoulder remain closed between mile markers 454 and 460, from Raton to the pass. Colorado will close northbound I-25 in Pueblo tonight from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. Wednesday, between the US 50B interchange and 29th Street, while crews set bridge girders; northbound traffic detours on the bypass road beside the interstate, and southbound I-25 stays open. Drivers bound for Santa Fe or Albuquerque should check NMRoads first: this morning's listing showed a southbound closure for work at mile marker 298, about 14 miles north of Santa Fe.
From Texas and Oklahoma, the drive in is dry and sunny. Amarillo started clear at 44 degrees and reaches a sunny high near 70 today, with light southwest winds and no alerts, and Dalhart, on the US-87 and US-54 route toward Raton and Clayton, is clear and sunny as well. In the Oklahoma Panhandle, Guymon has a sunny Tuesday and a mostly clear night along the US-64 and US-54 corridors. Morning checks found no closures on those Texas and Oklahoma routes, so the task is the ordinary November one: fuel up where the towns are, and expect a cold climb from the warm plains into the 20s in Red River tonight.
Kansas is equally quiet. Dodge City started clear at 41 degrees and turns sunny with a high near 68, with light north winds turning southwest in the afternoon and gusts only to about 20 miles per hour tonight and on Veterans Day. Wichita is clear and sunny with light winds, so drivers crossing Kansas before turning southwest have no weather reason to change plans today.
The good window holds a few more days. Veterans Day on Wednesday is sunny in Red River with a high near 55, Thursday is sunny near 55, and Friday turns partly cloudy near 51. The next change arrives Saturday, when rain and snow showers are possible with a high near 45, so weekend visitors may want to drive the Circle before Saturday or watch the forecast closely. Red River Ski & Summer Area remains closed between seasons, with opening day planned for Wednesday, November 25, fifteen days from today. Until then, this is prime quiet-season driving: just check NMRoads, COtrip, DriveTexas, and the neighboring state services once more before you turn the key.
Photo: A 1921 Dodge touring car, loaded with luggage, stopped on the Red River Grade in the 1920s, with a snow-capped peak behind. Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, New Mexico History Museum.