Fort Sumner, NM

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Fort Sumner has an annual average temperature of 59.2°F with about 15.1 inches of precipitation per year and 9.1 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 91.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 24.6°F). July is typically the wettest month (2.56 in) and November the driest (0.39 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Annual swing
39.3°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
3,432
Cooling need
1,347

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

0 of 366 (0%) of Fort Sumner'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
1
1910s
54
1920s
49
1930s
57
1940s
27
1950s
58
1960s
16
1970s
16
1980s
30
1990s
15
2000s
34
2010s
9

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 54.9°F 24.6°F 39.7°F 0.45 in 3.0 in 3
February 59.5°F 28.3°F 43.9°F 0.49 in 1.3 in 4
March 67.4°F 35.4°F 51.4°F 0.69 in 1.0 in 5
April 74.2°F 42.9°F 58.6°F 1.44 in 0.2 in 4
May 81.8°F 52.4°F 67.1°F 1.17 in 5
June 90.5°F 62.3°F 76.4°F 1.46 in 6
July 91.7°F 66.2°F 79.0°F 2.56 in 8
August 89.9°F 64.6°F 77.2°F 2.31 in 8
September 83.7°F 56.7°F 70.2°F 1.63 in 6
October 74.3°F 44.4°F 59.3°F 1.87 in 0.3 in 5
November 63.1°F 32.6°F 47.9°F 0.39 in 0.7 in 3
December 54.7°F 24.9°F 39.8°F 0.62 in 2.6 in 4

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