What is the hottest month in Jemez Springs?

July is the warmest month in Jemez Springs, with an average high of 88.6°F.

What is the coldest month in Jemez Springs?

January is the coldest month in Jemez Springs, with an average low of 18.9°F.

What month does Jemez Springs get the most rain?

August is typically the wettest month in Jemez Springs, with about 2.62 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Jemez Springs in?

Jemez Springs is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 7a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Jemez Springs changed recently?

8.5% of Jemez Springs's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Jemez Springs, NM

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Jemez Springs has an annual average temperature of 52.1°F with about 15.2 inches of precipitation per year and 22.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 88.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 18.9°F). August is typically the wettest month (2.62 in) and June the driest (0.68 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Annual swing

38.9°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

5,130

HDD/yr

Cooling need

468

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

31 of 366 (8.5%) of Jemez Springs'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		10
1920s		28
1930s		20
1940s		25
1950s		55
1960s		8
1970s		24
1980s		50
1990s		39
2000s		61
2010s		23
2020s		23

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	18.9°F	33.2°F	1.02 in	6.1 in	4
February	52.0°F	22.2°F	37.1°F	0.83 in	2.7 in	4
March	60.1°F	27.7°F	43.9°F	0.99 in	3.5 in	4
April	67.5°F	32.7°F	50.1°F	0.86 in	1.6 in	3
May	76.4°F	40.9°F	58.6°F	0.78 in	—	4
June	87.2°F	50.0°F	68.6°F	0.68 in	—	3
July	88.6°F	55.3°F	71.9°F	2.61 in	—	10
August	86.2°F	54.0°F	70.1°F	2.62 in	—	10
September	80.2°F	47.0°F	63.6°F	1.57 in	—	5
October	70.1°F	36.4°F	53.2°F	1.37 in	0.4 in	4
November	56.4°F	26.3°F	41.3°F	0.88 in	2.6 in	4
December	47.0°F	19.0°F	33.0°F	0.94 in	5.9 in	4