San Jon, NM

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

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 8a USDA hardiness Zone 8a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

San Jon has an annual average temperature of 60.3°F with about 17 inches of precipitation per year and 17.1 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 95.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 25.5°F). July is typically the wettest month (2.69 in) and February the driest (0.43 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Annual swing
40.8°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
3,300
Cooling need
1,605

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

53 of 366 (14.5%) of San Jon'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
11
1910s
17
1920s
39
1930s
26
1940s
23
1950s
31
1960s
28
1970s
37
1980s
22
1990s
22
2000s
34
2010s
56
2020s
20

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 54.9°F 25.5°F 40.2°F 0.66 in 4.3 in 3
February 59.4°F 28.4°F 43.9°F 0.43 in 1.8 in 2
March 67.5°F 35.6°F 51.6°F 1.09 in 2.1 in 3
April 75.2°F 43.2°F 59.2°F 1.09 in 0.9 in 3
May 83.9°F 52.6°F 68.3°F 1.77 in 0.1 in 5
June 93.4°F 62.1°F 77.7°F 2.14 in 6
July 95.3°F 66.6°F 81.0°F 2.69 in 7
August 93.3°F 65.2°F 79.2°F 2.42 in 7
September 86.8°F 57.9°F 72.3°F 1.40 in 5
October 75.9°F 45.4°F 60.7°F 1.73 in 0.5 in 4
November 64.1°F 34.2°F 49.1°F 0.72 in 2.0 in 3
December 54.5°F 26.0°F 40.3°F 0.82 in 5.4 in 3

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