All-time weather records — Ruidoso, NM

Record high
98.1°F
June 26, 1994
Record low
-27.0°F
February 3, 2011
Wettest day
5.11 in
June 17, 1965

Climate change signal in Ruidoso

12%

of Ruidoso's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (44 of 366 records since 2015).

0.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (3 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 #
1940s
67
67
1950s
78
86
1960s
41
52
1970s
37
121
1980s
30
20
1990s
22
8
2000s
19
6
2010s
43
3
2020s
29
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 1942, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1941-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 23, 1944 -26.0°F — Jan 6, 1971 1.24 in — Jan 23, 2010
February 73.9°F — Feb 25, 1986 -27.0°F — Feb 3, 2011 1.54 in — Feb 9, 1959
March 77.0°F — Mar 2, 2009 -8.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 1.49 in — Mar 17, 1955
April 84.9°F — Apr 21, 1965 1.9°F — Apr 8, 1983 1.30 in — Apr 14, 1977
May 91.9°F — May 24, 2000 0.0°F — May 8, 1998 1.78 in — May 18, 1954
June 98.1°F — Jun 26, 1994 21.9°F — Jun 2, 1970 5.11 in — Jun 17, 1965
July 95.0°F — Jul 3, 1957 0.0°F — Jul 18, 1996 4.67 in — Jul 27, 2008
August 91.9°F — Aug 2, 1980 30.9°F — Aug 6, 1978 2.34 in — Aug 10, 1963
September 91.0°F — Sep 5, 1948 21.0°F — Sep 20, 1971 2.59 in — Sep 10, 1964
October 84.0°F — Oct 1, 2010 5.0°F — Oct 28, 1970 2.01 in — Oct 7, 1985
November 79.0°F — Nov 4, 2025 -18.9°F — Nov 29, 1976 1.35 in — Nov 12, 1994
December 73.0°F — Dec 28, 1980 -24.0°F — Dec 24, 1953 3.47 in — Dec 7, 1978

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Ruidoso.