Truth or Consequences, NM

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE AP, NM US.

BWk Desert (cold) climate 8a USDA hardiness Zone 8a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Truth or Consequences has an annual average temperature of 61.6°F with about 9.2 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is June (average high 93.9°F), and the coldest is December (average low 29.5°F). August is typically the wettest month (1.76 in) and March the driest (0.24 in).

Annual swing
38.9°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
2,895
Cooling need
1,677

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

162 of 366 (44.3%) of Truth or Consequences'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
54
1960s
25
1970s
33
1980s
1
1990s
19
2000s
40
2010s
77
2020s
117

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 29.6°F 42.3°F 0.45 in 2
February 60.7°F 33.5°F 47.1°F 0.30 in 2
March 68.1°F 39.8°F 53.9°F 0.24 in 3
April 75.8°F 46.6°F 61.2°F 0.27 in 2
May 84.8°F 55.8°F 70.3°F 0.55 in 2
June 93.9°F 64.4°F 79.2°F 0.41 in 3
July 93.2°F 67.7°F 80.5°F 1.63 in 10
August 90.8°F 66.2°F 78.5°F 1.76 in 9
September 85.1°F 59.8°F 72.4°F 1.70 in 6
October 75.7°F 48.8°F 62.3°F 0.73 in 4
November 63.2°F 36.9°F 50.1°F 0.51 in 3
December 53.7°F 29.5°F 41.6°F 0.60 in 3

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