Augustine (2 mi E), New Mexico climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Augustine (2 mi E)'s normal year runs from 17°F December nights to 82°F July afternoons, with 13.0 inches of precipitation and 7 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.6°C, December lows of −9°C, July highs of 28°C, 331 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAugustine (2 mi E)
- Station IDUSC00290640
- Location34.08°N 107.62°W
- Elevation7,000 ft (2,134 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Augustine (2 mi E) is 64°F and the normal low 31°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 11%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Augustine (2 mi E).
- Jan 46° 18°
- Feb 49° 21°
- Mar 56° 25°
- Apr 63° 31°
- May 72° 40°
- Jun 82° 49°
- Jul 82° 56°
- Aug 80° 54°
- Sep 75° 46°
- Oct 66° 34°
- Nov 55° 23°
- Dec 46° 17°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Augustine (2 mi E) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 82°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in August (2.84 in), the least in January (0.46 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46°F | 18°F | 31.6°F | 0.46 | 1.4 | 3 | <1 | 30 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 49°F | 21°F | 35.1°F | 0.55 | 1.5 | 3 | <1 | 26 | 11 h |
| March | 56°F | 25°F | 40.5°F | 0.53 | 0.8 | 3 | <1 | 27 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 63°F | 31°F | 47.2°F | 0.48 | 0.1 | 2 | <1 | 18 | 13 h |
| May | 72°F | 40°F | 55.8°F | 0.67 | 0.0 | 3 | <1 | 5 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 82°F | 49°F | 65.5°F | 0.55 | 0.0 | 3 | 5 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 82°F | 56°F | 68.9°F | 2.69 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 80°F | 54°F | 66.7°F | 2.84 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 75°F | 46°F | 60.5°F | 2.00 | 0.0 | 6 | <1 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 66°F | 34°F | 50.0°F | 1.08 | 0.4 | 4 | <1 | 14 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 55°F | 23°F | 39.0°F | 0.58 | 0.5 | 3 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 46°F | 17°F | 31.2°F | 0.61 | 1.9 | 3 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 34°F | 49.3°F | 13.04 | 6.6 | 48 | 11 | 176 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | −8°C | −0.2°C | 12 mm | 4 cm |
| February | 10°C | −6°C | 1.7°C | 14 mm | 4 cm |
| March | 13°C | −4°C | 4.7°C | 13 mm | 2 cm |
| April | 17°C | 0°C | 8.4°C | 12 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 22°C | 4°C | 13.2°C | 17 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 10°C | 18.6°C | 14 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 13°C | 20.5°C | 68 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26°C | 12°C | 19.3°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 8°C | 15.8°C | 51 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | 1°C | 10.0°C | 27 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 13°C | −5°C | 3.9°C | 15 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 8°C | −9°C | −0.4°C | 15 mm | 5 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00290640; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Augustine (2 mi E)?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August, September and October. Of those, June has the fewest days with rain (3).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00290640.
When is the last frost at Augustine (2 mi E)?
In Augustine (2 mi E), the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 19 in half of years and after June 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 4 in half of years and before September 23 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 191 year in 10 after June 6; 9 in 10 after May 5
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 41 year in 10 before September 23; 9 in 10 before October 15
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 137 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 158 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 8 in half of springs and before October 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Augustine (2 mi E) in zone 7a in ZIP code 87825, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (24 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in New Mexico · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00290640; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Augustine (2 mi E)?
In a normal year in Augustine (2 mi E), 11 days a year reach 90°F, 176 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 48 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 11a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 176a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 5high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 48a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 2a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1926) is 100°F, on July 24, 1934; the lowest is −34°F, on February 3, 2011.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1992, with 19.36 in; the snowiest season is 1969–70, with 29.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00290640; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00290640. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Augustine (2 mi E)?
Over a year 85% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Augustine (2 mi E), 5.5 kWh per square metre a day. October is the sunniest month (89%) and July the cloudiest (82%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 84% | 3.3 |
| February | 84% | 4.3 |
| March | 86% | 5.7 |
| April | 87% | 7.0 |
| May | 88% | 7.7 |
| June | 88% | 7.9 |
| July | 82% | 6.9 |
| August | 82% | 6.3 |
| September | 85% | 5.7 |
| October | 89% | 4.8 |
| November | 87% | 3.7 |
| December | 83% | 3.0 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Augustine (2 mi E) record?
A normal year at Augustine (2 mi E) brings 5,980 heating degree days, 11% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 290 cooling degree days, 68% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,213 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,037 | 0 |
| February | 837 | 0 |
| March | 758 | 0 |
| April | 536 | 0 |
| May | 291 | 6 |
| June | 55 | 70 |
| July | 8 | 130 |
| August | 21 | 74 |
| September | 145 | 10 |
| October | 464 | 0 |
| November | 780 | 0 |
| December | 1,049 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,980 | 290 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00290640. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Have recent years at Augustine (2 mi E) been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 51.3°F, 2.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 49.3°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2023 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 49.5°F | +0.2°F | 8.04 | – |
| 2024 | 50.5°F | +1.3°F | 9.54 | – |
| 2025 | 51.3°F | +2.0°F | 7.03 | – |
Over 30 complete years from 1966 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 7.5°F per century (+0.42°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00290640; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Augustine (2 mi E)'s climate compare?
Augustine (2 mi E) is warmer than 18 of the 98 places with their own NOAA record in New Mexico, and wetter than 49. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 49.3°F is warmer than 37%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Augustine (2 mi E) is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Augustine (2 mi E) share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Datil, NM16 people · 13 mi W
- Homestead, NM0 people · 15 mi W
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Augustine (2 mi E)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Augustine (2 mi E)?
December, with a normal high of 46°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 56°F at night).
Does it snow at Augustine (2 mi E)?
Yes: 7 inches in a normal year, falling on 3 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (1.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Augustine (2 mi E)?
August, with 2.84 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.46 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Augustine (2 mi E) in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Augustine (2 mi E) in zone 7a in ZIP code 87825, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come at Augustine (2 mi E)?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 19; in one year in ten it comes after June 6. Waiting until June 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- New Mexico climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Pietown (19 mi NE), NM33 miles from this station, 49.6°F a year
- Socorro, NM42 miles from this station, 57.5°F a year
- Bosque Del Apache, NM46 miles from this station, 58.4°F a year
- Winston, NM50 miles from this station, 53.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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