Columbus, NM

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from COLUMBUS, NM US.

BWh Desert (hot) climate 8b USDA hardiness Zone 8b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Columbus has an annual average temperature of 64.8°F with about 10.3 inches of precipitation per year and 0.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is June (average high 97.5°F), and the coldest is December (average low 31.2°F). July is typically the wettest month (2.65 in) and April the driest (0.15 in).

Annual swing
38.3°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
2,256
Cooling need
2,181

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

0 of 366 (0%) of Columbus'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.

1910s
0
1920s
12
1930s
39
1940s
58
1950s
36
1960s
33
1970s
51
1980s
49
1990s
48
2000s
36
2010s
4

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 59.1°F 31.3°F 45.2°F 0.56 in 0.1 in 3
February 65.0°F 35.6°F 50.3°F 0.39 in 2
March 72.7°F 41.1°F 56.9°F 0.37 in 1
April 80.6°F 47.9°F 64.2°F 0.15 in 1
May 88.8°F 57.3°F 73.1°F 0.28 in 2
June 97.5°F 67.3°F 82.4°F 0.95 in 2
July 96.3°F 70.1°F 83.2°F 2.65 in 6
August 94.0°F 68.8°F 81.4°F 1.87 in 6
September 89.5°F 63.1°F 76.3°F 1.19 in 3
October 81.3°F 51.2°F 66.3°F 0.78 in 3
November 68.2°F 38.4°F 53.3°F 0.49 in 2
December 58.6°F 31.2°F 44.9°F 0.60 in 0.1 in 2

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