Carlsbad, NM
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CARLSBAD, NM US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Carlsbad has an annual average temperature of 64.4°F with about 12.6 inches of precipitation per year and 2.7 inches of snow. The warmest month is June (average high 96.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 30.0°F). September is typically the wettest month (2.49 in) and February the driest (0.45 in). Snow typically falls from November through February.
Best time to visit Carlsbad
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →25 of 366 (6.8%) of Carlsbad's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1900s | 86 | |
| 1910s | 50 | |
| 1920s | 20 | |
| 1930s | 51 | |
| 1940s | 30 | |
| 1950s | 9 | |
| 1960s | 7 | |
| 1970s | 17 | |
| 1980s | 11 | |
| 1990s | 24 | |
| 2000s | 23 | |
| 2010s | 28 | |
| 2020s | 10 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58.7°F | 30.0°F | 44.3°F | 0.56 in | 1.0 in | 3 |
| February | 64.0°F | 34.0°F | 49.0°F | 0.45 in | 0.4 in | 3 |
| March | 71.8°F | 40.7°F | 56.3°F | 0.54 in | 0.1 in | 3 |
| April | 80.1°F | 48.3°F | 64.2°F | 0.45 in | — | 2 |
| May | 88.0°F | 57.9°F | 72.9°F | 0.99 in | — | 4 |
| June | 96.6°F | 67.0°F | 81.8°F | 1.07 in | — | 5 |
| July | 96.5°F | 70.7°F | 83.6°F | 2.03 in | — | 6 |
| August | 95.3°F | 69.4°F | 82.3°F | 1.63 in | — | 6 |
| September | 88.4°F | 62.3°F | 75.3°F | 2.49 in | — | 6 |
| October | 79.7°F | 50.2°F | 65.0°F | 1.01 in | — | 4 |
| November | 67.8°F | 38.2°F | 53.0°F | 0.66 in | 0.5 in | 3 |
| December | 58.6°F | 30.7°F | 44.7°F | 0.67 in | 0.7 in | 3 |
Climate twins of Carlsbad
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