Tularosa, NM

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Tularosa has an annual average temperature of 61.2°F with about 10.8 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is June (average high 93.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 28.9°F). August is typically the wettest month (1.81 in) and March the driest (0.35 in).

Annual swing
37.2°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
2,916
Cooling need
1,536

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

10 of 366 (2.7%) of Tularosa'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
19
1910s
27
1920s
37
1930s
94
1940s
40
1950s
37
1960s
21
1970s
11
1980s
18
1990s
19
2000s
24
2010s
19

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 55.6°F 28.9°F 42.2°F 0.45 in 3
February 61.0°F 33.2°F 47.1°F 0.48 in 4
March 68.5°F 38.8°F 53.6°F 0.35 in 3
April 76.5°F 44.8°F 60.6°F 0.35 in 2
May 84.7°F 53.3°F 69.0°F 0.49 in 3
June 93.7°F 61.8°F 77.8°F 0.75 in 4
July 93.2°F 65.6°F 79.4°F 1.79 in 8
August 91.3°F 64.5°F 77.9°F 1.81 in 9
September 85.6°F 58.5°F 72.1°F 1.73 in 6
October 75.8°F 47.8°F 61.8°F 1.09 in 5
November 63.7°F 36.8°F 50.2°F 0.67 in 3
December 55.1°F 29.5°F 42.3°F 0.87 in 4

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