What is the hottest month in Tucumcari?

July is the warmest month in Tucumcari, with an average high of 94.5°F.

What is the coldest month in Tucumcari?

January is the coldest month in Tucumcari, with an average low of 24.7°F.

What month does Tucumcari get the most rain?

July is typically the wettest month in Tucumcari, with about 2.84 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Tucumcari in?

Tucumcari is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 7b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Tucumcari changed recently?

29.5% of Tucumcari's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Tucumcari, NM

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from TUCUMCARI 4 NE, NM US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Tucumcari has an annual average temperature of 59.2°F with about 16.1 inches of precipitation per year and 14.9 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 94.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 24.7°F). July is typically the wettest month (2.84 in) and February the driest (0.38 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Annual swing

41.1°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

3,543

HDD/yr

Cooling need

1,440

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

108 of 366 (29.5%) of Tucumcari'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		7
1910s		18
1920s		15
1930s		18
1940s		16
1950s		22
1960s		10
1970s		28
1980s		22
1990s		32
2000s		49
2010s		39
2020s		90

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	53.4°F	24.7°F	39.0°F	0.42 in	3.8 in	3
February	57.9°F	28.1°F	43.0°F	0.38 in	2.1 in	3
March	65.7°F	34.8°F	50.2°F	0.93 in	1.5 in	4
April	73.3°F	42.2°F	57.7°F	1.03 in	0.4 in	5
May	82.0°F	51.8°F	66.9°F	1.76 in	—	6
June	92.0°F	61.4°F	76.7°F	1.80 in	—	6
July	94.5°F	65.7°F	80.1°F	2.84 in	—	9
August	92.3°F	63.9°F	78.1°F	2.60 in	—	9
September	85.5°F	56.8°F	71.2°F	1.63 in	—	6
October	74.6°F	44.3°F	59.4°F	1.41 in	0.8 in	6
November	62.6°F	33.6°F	48.1°F	0.57 in	2.2 in	3
December	53.4°F	25.6°F	39.5°F	0.70 in	4.1 in	4