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WXJ37: NOAA Weather Radio for Farmington, New Mexico

WXJ37 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Farmington, broadcasting on 162.475 MHz at 300 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Albuquerque office's broadcast and covers 2 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignWXJ37
Frequency162.475 MHz
TransmitterFarmington, New Mexico
Power300 watts
Forecast officeNWS Albuquerque
StatusNormal (NWS data, July 2026)

Marine radios often label 162.475 MHz as WX3, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.

Counties WXJ37 covers

CountyStateSAME code
La PlataColorado008067
San JuanNew Mexico035045

Program the six-digit code into your radio's SAME location list - the SAME code guide walks through it, and how alert radios work explains what the radio does with it.

Hearing WXJ37

Any receiver that tunes 162.475 MHz FM can listen: scanners, VHF ham radios, marine sets, or a software-defined receiver. What those do not do is wake you at 3 a.m. - for that you want a dedicated radio with SAME alerting, covered in the buyer's guide.

Every New Mexico transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in New Mexico. Or look any county up with the finder.

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