All-time weather records — Alamogordo, NM

Record high
109.9°F
June 22, 1981
Record low
-14.1°F
January 11, 1962
Wettest day
2.60 in
September 22, 1941

Climate change signal in Alamogordo

0%

of Alamogordo's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1900s
·
·
1910s
10
54
1920s
21
29
1930s
20
27
1940s
40
61
1950s
87
69
1960s
59
66
1970s
50
29
1980s
37
16
1990s
16
12
2000s
26
3

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1916, the latest in 2008. Period of observation: 1909-2009.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 25, 1952 -14.1°F — Jan 11, 1962 1.10 in — Jan 20, 1916
February 81.0°F — Feb 25, 1986 5.0°F — Feb 25, 1960 0.86 in — Feb 17, 1957
March 90.0°F — Mar 31, 1946 10.0°F — Mar 15, 1913 1.16 in — Mar 6, 1958
April 97.0°F — Apr 22, 1965 19.9°F — Apr 8, 1938 1.00 in — Apr 8, 1919
May 104.0°F — May 27, 1951 32.0°F — May 7, 1917 1.23 in — May 11, 1941
June 109.9°F — Jun 22, 1981 41.0°F — Jun 11, 1975 2.01 in — Jun 17, 1953
July 109.9°F — Jul 8, 1951 48.9°F — Jul 23, 1941 1.80 in — Jul 23, 1954
August 106.0°F — Aug 7, 1951 50.0°F — Aug 24, 1945 2.51 in — Aug 27, 1959
September 102.0°F — Sep 4, 1948 33.1°F — Sep 30, 1945 2.60 in — Sep 22, 1941
October 96.1°F — Oct 11, 1929 23.0°F — Oct 24, 1945 1.80 in — Oct 11, 1985
November 88.0°F — Nov 6, 1927 0.0°F — Nov 29, 1976 1.38 in — Nov 2, 1923
December 78.1°F — Dec 26, 1933 -0.9°F — Dec 24, 1953 2.32 in — Dec 18, 1991

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