Tatum NM Weather

12/22/2024

Above normal temperatures are expected today with highs in the 60s and 70s with lows in the 30s and 40s.

12/22/2024

12/21/2024 Time Lapse!

12/21/2024 Time Lapse - Tatum NM Weather

12/21/2024

Southerly winds will bring above normal temperatures to the area today and tonight with highs in the 60s and 70s and lows in the 30s and 40s.

12/21/2024

12/20/2024 Time Lapse!

12/20/2024 Time Lapse - Tatum NM Weather

12/20/2024

❄🥶The official start of Winter is just around the corner! 🥶❄️

Though highs tomorrow are forecast to range in the 60s to low 70s, the Winter Solstice marks the beginning of Winter and is our shortest day of the year. More info below...⬇️

12/20/2024

12/19/2024 Time Lapse!

12/19/2024 Time Lapse - Tatum NM Weather

12/20/2024

Santa’s Elf’s are busy wrapping gifts for the Tatum EMS Toys for Tots 2024 🧸

Don’t forget to bring your kiddos by the Tatum Community Building tomorrow Friday, December 20th from 4:30PM-6PM!

12/19/2024

😎 Sunny, warm, and dry is the name of the game in the extended forecast. Outside a brief cool-down on Friday, temperatures climb into the 60s and 70s each day with plenty of sunshine. Enjoy the weather heading into the holiday week!

12/19/2024

12/18/2024 Time Lapse!

12/18/2024 Time Lapse - Tatum NM Weather

12/18/2024

✨Christmas Light Contest✨

Decorate your house BRIGHT to win the contest!
Bringing back the tradition that Billie Jane Nauert started years ago!

Let's light up Tatum this Christmas!🎅🎄⛄️

Comment your address to make sure we judge your house and the community can go by to see your beautiful light display ✨🏠

Sponsored by Longroad Energy 💚

12/18/2024

Good morning Fellow Lea Countians far and near. Did you ever wonder what Broadway Street in Tatum looked like in 1924, well here’s look at part of it (probably half). In this photo you are looking east down Broadway toward Texas.
The photo was taken just west of the intersection of Broadway and Main, note the broken wagon wheel in the middle of the street, must have been a blowout on a covered wagon.
A few of the buildings are identifiable, the first building on the left is the George Bilderback Mercantile. George was a native of Indiana being born there in 1854. George and his wife Frances raised their Grandson Lambert Eaton who was born in Arkansas in 1904. The Steakhouse in Tatum sits there now.
The next building is the Biles and later Gentry Hotel. Something of a landmark in the area being two stories and shaded by large trees. In 1933, an unarmed and wounded Oscar Adams was carried into the hotel to be doctored after being shot on Broadway, he did not survive.
Next is the Ford House and after that, only mysteries remain for me. On the right side of the photo, the BA is The First State Bank of Tatum. The Tatum bank was the first bank to incorporate in the year 1917, roughly 2 ½ months before Our Lea County was formed out of Chaves and Eddy counties on March 17th. However the bank went into voluntary liquidation on December 30, 1922, the First National Bank of Roswell was appointed by the State Bank Examiner as the liquidating agent. In this photo there appears to be a Barber Shop occupying the old bank building.
The gabled building just past the bank was the home and office of Dr. John Mitchiner Rumph who was born in Georgia in 1850.
As for the last building with the Star of the sign, Texaco Station?? I have no idea but just this side of the star was a grocery store/bakery owned by Elsie Cone.
Happy Trails!

12/18/2024

12/18/2024

12/17/2024 Time Lapse!

12/17/2024 Time Lapse - Tatum NM Weather

12/17/2024

12/16/2024 Time Lapse!

12/16/2024 Time Lapse - Tatum NM Weather

12/17/2024

Warmer than average temperatures and mostly clear skies are forecast as winds become southerly tonight and remain southerly into tomorrow.

12/16/2024

12/15/2024 Time Lapse!

12/15/2024 Time Lapse - Tatum NM Weather

12/16/2024

⚠️Dense Fog Causing Very Low Visibility!
Pockets of dense fog are developing, mainly along a cold front moving through the Permian Basin. Rapid visibility reductions are likely. Slow down and leave extra space as you commute this morning.

12/15/2024