Portales, NM
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from PORTALES, NM US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Portales has an annual average temperature of 60.1°F with about 16.1 inches of precipitation per year and 7.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 93.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 25.5°F). August is typically the wettest month (2.91 in) and February the driest (0.37 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
Best time to visit Portales
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →85 of 366 (23.2%) of Portales'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 | 3 | |
| 1910s | 15 | |
| 1920s | 39 | |
| 1930s | 25 | |
| 1940s | 35 | |
| 1950s | 26 | |
| 1960s | 48 | |
| 1970s | 25 | |
| 1980s | 14 | |
| 1990s | 8 | |
| 2000s | 19 | |
| 2010s | 47 | |
| 2020s | 62 |
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 | 55.0°F | 25.5°F | 40.2°F | 0.50 in | 1.7 in | 4 |
| February | 60.6°F | 28.7°F | 44.6°F | 0.37 in | 1.4 in | 4 |
| March | 68.7°F | 35.1°F | 51.9°F | 0.74 in | 0.7 in | 4 |
| April | 76.9°F | 42.6°F | 59.7°F | 0.68 in | 0.2 in | 4 |
| May | 84.8°F | 52.6°F | 68.7°F | 1.51 in | — | 6 |
| June | 92.9°F | 62.3°F | 77.6°F | 2.14 in | — | 8 |
| July | 93.3°F | 66.3°F | 79.8°F | 2.29 in | — | 8 |
| August | 91.3°F | 64.9°F | 78.1°F | 2.91 in | — | 9 |
| September | 85.2°F | 57.4°F | 71.3°F | 1.92 in | — | 6 |
| October | 75.8°F | 45.0°F | 60.4°F | 1.82 in | 0.3 in | 5 |
| November | 63.4°F | 33.3°F | 48.3°F | 0.56 in | 0.5 in | 4 |
| December | 54.6°F | 26.0°F | 40.3°F | 0.66 in | 2.8 in | 4 |
Climate twins of Portales
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