Santa Fe, NM
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SANTA FE 2, NM US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
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.
Best time to visit Santa Fe
Full guide →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 |
Climate twins of Santa Fe
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).