Tularosa, NM
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from TULAROSA, NM US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
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).
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Full guide →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 |
Climate twins of Tularosa
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