Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Red River itself starts this Tuesday clear and cold, at 28 degrees and feeling like 23, with no weather alerts in effect. Sunshine should carry the day to a high of 44, with light northwest winds, before a clear night drops back to about 21, and sunset comes early at 5:02 PM. In this morning's checks of New Mexico, Colorado, and Texas traveler sources, no closures were reported on NM-38 over Bobcat Pass, the rest of the Enchanted Circle, or US-64 — the local drive is dry, and the main local caution is simply a cold start after Monday's snow.
The shared Enchanted Circle radar tells the wider story: it is clear over northern New Mexico and the Enchanted Circle, while heavy rain covers northern Kansas on I-70 through Hays and Great Bend, reaching toward Dodge City and US-56, heavy rain also falls over Great Bend and Salina in central Kansas with a line of storms east of Wichita, and rain crosses the Colorado Front Range on I-25 through Denver and Fort Morgan. The wettest driving today is well east and north of Red River, on the Kansas and Colorado corridors many visitors use to reach us.
For Kansas drivers, that means a wet, windy morning that improves through the day. Dodge City has only a slight chance of showers before 8 AM, but it will be very windy, with north-northwest winds of 25 to 30 mph easing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon and gusts as high as 44 mph, under a high near 56. Wichita starts with morning showers and northwest winds around 24 mph on the way to a high of 60. Monday night's storm system, which brought a tornado watch to central Kansas counties including the Hays, Salina, and Wichita areas, is moving out Tuesday morning, but gusty northwest winds linger, so allow extra time on wet pavement and keep a firm grip, especially in high-profile vehicles.
Colorado and Texas are drier, but wind is the theme on both corridors. Colorado's statewide summary early this morning was mostly dry with ice in places, and rain on the Front Range will leave I-25 wet through Denver and Fort Morgan; the long-running I-25 work zone between Mead and Berthoud north of Denver also brings frontage-road lane reductions this week, so expect work-zone caution there. Down in the Texas Panhandle, Amarillo is dry but blustery at 49 degrees, with north-northwest winds of 20 mph gusting to 37 mph or more on the way to a high of 59, and Dalhart is breezy and sunny. The Oklahoma Panhandle is dry too, but Guymon is seeing north-northwest winds of 28 mph gusting to 45 mph — a real crosswind day on US-87, US-287, I-40, and US-64 for campers, trailers, and high-profile vehicles.
Closer to home, no accidents were reported on I-25 in New Mexico this morning, so the Raton and Springer route is starting quietly. One look-ahead for drivers passing through Albuquerque later this week: NMDOT will close I-25 in both directions there on the nights of November 6 and 7, from 10 PM to 6 AM, for bridge work at Montgomery Boulevard, with traffic detoured to frontage roads. After today comes a friendly travel window: mostly sunny Wednesday at 45, sunny Thursday at 43, then 43 to 49 degrees and dry through the weekend, with lows in the low 20s — good driving weather as the countdown continues to the ski area's Opening Day on Wednesday, November 25. As always, check NMRoads, COtrip, DriveTexas, or KanDrive before you set out.