Hatch, NM

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

BWk Desert (cold) climate 8a USDA hardiness Zone 8a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Hatch has an annual average temperature of 63.2°F with about 10.6 inches of precipitation per year and 0.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 97.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 28.7°F). August is typically the wettest month (2.01 in) and March the driest (0.25 in). Snow typically falls from February through February.

Annual swing
39.8°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
2,589
Cooling need
1,953

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

72 of 366 (19.7%) of Hatch'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.

1930s
10
1940s
35
1950s
42
1960s
15
1970s
20
1980s
35
1990s
35
2000s
72
2010s
61
2020s
41

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 28.7°F 43.7°F 0.49 in 3
February 64.5°F 31.9°F 48.2°F 0.51 in 0.2 in 2
March 71.9°F 38.5°F 55.2°F 0.25 in 2
April 79.2°F 45.1°F 62.1°F 0.32 in 1
May 87.6°F 54.1°F 70.9°F 0.41 in 2
June 97.4°F 63.4°F 80.4°F 0.69 in 3
July 97.5°F 69.0°F 83.3°F 1.88 in 8
August 95.0°F 67.2°F 81.1°F 2.01 in 8
September 89.4°F 59.4°F 74.4°F 1.80 in 6
October 80.2°F 47.2°F 63.7°F 1.01 in 0.1 in 4
November 68.2°F 36.4°F 52.3°F 0.60 in 3
December 58.3°F 28.7°F 43.5°F 0.66 in 0.1 in 3

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