Santa Fe, NM

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SANTA FE 2, NM US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Santa Fe has an annual average temperature of 50°F with about 12.8 inches of precipitation per year and 20.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 85.8°F), and the coldest is December (average low 17.6°F). July is typically the wettest month (2.26 in) and February the driest (0.49 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Annual swing
40.4°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,733
Cooling need
336

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

91 of 366 (24.9%) of Santa Fe'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.

1970s
5
1980s
102
1990s
73
2000s
83
2010s
40
2020s
63

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 43.0°F 17.9°F 30.4°F 0.55 in 3.7 in 3
February 48.0°F 21.3°F 34.7°F 0.49 in 2.4 in 4
March 56.6°F 26.4°F 41.5°F 0.74 in 3.9 in 4
April 64.3°F 32.4°F 48.3°F 0.60 in 0.4 in 4
May 73.7°F 40.8°F 57.3°F 0.89 in 5
June 84.1°F 50.1°F 67.1°F 0.87 in 5
July 85.8°F 55.1°F 70.5°F 2.26 in 10
August 83.4°F 53.7°F 68.6°F 2.04 in 10
September 77.5°F 46.8°F 62.1°F 1.39 in 6
October 66.3°F 35.4°F 50.8°F 1.34 in 1.3 in 5
November 53.0°F 24.4°F 38.7°F 0.79 in 1.7 in 4
December 42.6°F 17.6°F 30.1°F 0.83 in 6.8 in 4

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