Pecos, NM

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Pecos has an annual average temperature of 50°F with about 16.2 inches of precipitation per year and 26.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 85.2°F), and the coldest is December (average low 17.8°F). July is typically the wettest month (3.23 in) and February the driest (0.62 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Annual swing
37.2°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,640
Cooling need
234

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

41 of 366 (11.2%) of Pecos'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
0
1930s
12
1940s
85
1950s
54
1960s
15
1970s
6
1980s
33
1990s
38
2000s
72
2010s
19
2020s
32

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 46.6°F 18.0°F 32.3°F 0.68 in 6.3 in 4
February 49.6°F 21.4°F 35.5°F 0.62 in 4.4 in 4
March 57.1°F 25.5°F 41.3°F 0.74 in 3.0 in 4
April 64.3°F 31.1°F 47.7°F 0.72 in 1.0 in 4
May 73.4°F 39.1°F 56.3°F 1.01 in 4
June 83.9°F 48.0°F 65.9°F 1.23 in 5
July 85.2°F 53.6°F 69.4°F 3.23 in 13
August 82.7°F 52.3°F 67.5°F 3.03 in 12
September 77.6°F 45.1°F 61.3°F 1.71 in 7
October 66.7°F 34.5°F 50.6°F 1.20 in 0.6 in 5
November 54.6°F 25.0°F 39.8°F 1.03 in 3.7 in 4
December 46.7°F 17.8°F 32.2°F 0.97 in 7.3 in 4

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