Reserve, NM

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Reserve has an annual average temperature of 53.7°F with about 16.9 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 91.9°F), and the coldest is December (average low 17.2°F). August is typically the wettest month (3.43 in) and April the driest (0.54 in).

Annual swing
35.5°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
4,521
Cooling need
468

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

50 of 366 (13.7%) of Reserve'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.

1950s
47
1960s
24
1970s
22
1980s
41
1990s
66
2000s
110
2010s
17
2020s
39

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 56.9°F 17.3°F 37.1°F 1.28 in
February 60.9°F 19.1°F 40.0°F 1.06 in
March 67.2°F 24.2°F 45.7°F 0.85 in
April 74.8°F 28.1°F 51.5°F 0.54 in
May 81.4°F 35.3°F 58.4°F 0.59 in
June 91.0°F 43.7°F 67.4°F 0.55 in
July 91.9°F 53.3°F 72.6°F 2.68 in
August 89.1°F 52.1°F 70.6°F 3.43 in
September 85.1°F 44.7°F 64.9°F 2.36 in
October 75.9°F 33.3°F 54.6°F 1.39 in
November 65.4°F 24.5°F 45.0°F 1.08 in
December 56.9°F 17.2°F 37.1°F 1.11 in

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