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This is the current conditions weather report for Santa Fe. The report was made 63 minutes ago, at 08:53 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 13 miles per hour / 20.4 kilometers per hour from the southwest (230°). The temperature was 59°F / 15°C, with a dew-point at 59°F / 15°C. The temperature felt like 57°F / 14°C. The atmospheric pressure was 30 inHg / 1017 hPa. The relative humidity was 21%. The skies were clear.

Santa Fe is the largest city and county seat of Santa Fe County. It had a population of 62,543 at the 2000 census. Santa Fe is located at 35.667231, -105.964575. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 96.9 km² (37.4 mi²). 96.7 km² (37.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (0.21%) is water.

Visitors find Santa Fe particularly attractive around the second week of September when the aspens in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains turn yellow and the skies are clear and blue. This is also the time of the annual Fiestas de Santa Fe, celebrating the "reconquering" of Santa Fe by Don Diego de Vargas, a highlight of which is the burning Zozobra, a fifty-foot marionette also called "Old Man Gloom".

Most tourist activity takes place in the historic downtown, especially on and around the Plaza, a one-block square adjacent to the Palace of the Governors, the original seat of New Mexico's territorial government since the time of Spanish colonization. Other areas include “Museum Hill”, the site of the major art museums of the city, and the Canyon Road arts area with its galleries.

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