Farmington, NM

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from FARMINGTON RGNL AP, NM US.

BWk Desert (cold) climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Farmington has an annual average temperature of 53.2°F with about 7.8 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 93.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 19.2°F). September is typically the wettest month (1.06 in) and June the driest (0.20 in).

Annual swing
46°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,115
Cooling need
867

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

139 of 366 (38%) of Farmington'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.

1940s
12
1950s
65
1960s
28
1990s
12
2000s
85
2010s
56
2020s
108

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 43.0°F 19.2°F 31.1°F 0.72 in 6
February 49.5°F 23.5°F 36.5°F 0.65 in 6
March 59.9°F 29.6°F 44.8°F 0.60 in 5
April 67.4°F 35.3°F 51.3°F 0.56 in 4
May 77.2°F 43.6°F 60.4°F 0.53 in 3
June 89.3°F 52.5°F 70.9°F 0.20 in 2
July 93.3°F 60.9°F 77.1°F 0.63 in 6
August 89.7°F 59.5°F 74.6°F 0.79 in 6
September 82.1°F 50.5°F 66.3°F 1.06 in 5
October 68.8°F 37.8°F 53.3°F 0.79 in 6
November 54.6°F 27.1°F 40.8°F 0.66 in 5
December 43.1°F 19.4°F 31.3°F 0.57 in 6

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