Cimarron, NM

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CIMARRON 4 SW, NM US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Cimarron has an annual average temperature of 50.1°F with about 17.2 inches of precipitation per year and 40 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 84.3°F), and the coldest is December (average low 17.4°F). August is typically the wettest month (3.11 in) and December the driest (0.43 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Annual swing
36.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,553
Cooling need
180

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

20 of 366 (5.5%) of Cimarron'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
16
1910s
25
1920s
44
1930s
89
1940s
36
1950s
11
1960s
14
1970s
33
1980s
27
1990s
20
2000s
21
2010s
14
2020s
16

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 47.6°F 18.1°F 32.9°F 0.66 in 7.0 in 3
February 50.4°F 19.5°F 34.9°F 0.57 in 7.1 in 3
March 58.2°F 25.8°F 42.0°F 0.95 in 7.0 in 4
April 65.0°F 31.8°F 48.4°F 1.51 in 5.0 in 5
May 73.2°F 40.3°F 56.7°F 1.70 in 0.5 in 6
June 82.5°F 48.6°F 65.6°F 1.74 in 7
July 84.3°F 52.8°F 68.6°F 3.03 in 11
August 81.8°F 51.7°F 66.8°F 3.11 in 12
September 77.2°F 44.7°F 61.0°F 1.75 in 7
October 68.1°F 34.4°F 51.2°F 1.22 in 2.1 in 4
November 56.3°F 24.3°F 40.3°F 0.57 in 5.1 in 2
December 47.6°F 17.4°F 32.5°F 0.43 in 6.2 in 3

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