Bernardo, New Mexico climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Bernardo's normal year runs from 19°F December nights to 95°F July afternoons, with 8.2 inches of precipitation and 5 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.8°C, December lows of −7°C, July highs of 35°C, 208 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBernardo
- Station IDUSC00290915
- Location34.42°N 106.83°W
- Elevation4,735 ft (1,443 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Bernardo is 73°F and the normal low 35°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 10%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Bernardo.
- Jan 53° 19°
- Feb 59° 24°
- Mar 68° 31°
- Apr 76° 37°
- May 85° 46°
- Jun 94° 55°
- Jul 95° 61°
- Aug 92° 60°
- Sep 86° 51°
- Oct 75° 39°
- Nov 62° 26°
- Dec 51° 19°
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 Bernardo each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 95°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 19°F. The most precipitation falls in July (1.78 in), the least in January (0.18 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53°F | 19°F | 35.6°F | 0.18 | 1.4 | 2 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 59°F | 24°F | 41.5°F | 0.36 | 0.3 | 3 | <1 | 22 | 11 h |
| March | 68°F | 31°F | 49.5°F | 0.47 | 0.4 | 3 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 76°F | 37°F | 56.7°F | 0.27 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 h |
| May | 85°F | 46°F | 65.2°F | 0.52 | 0.0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 14 h |
| June | 94°F | 55°F | 74.5°F | 0.60 | 0.0 | 3 | 26 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 95°F | 61°F | 77.9°F | 1.78 | 0.0 | 6 | 28 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 92°F | 60°F | 75.8°F | 1.21 | 0.0 | 6 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 86°F | 51°F | 68.6°F | 1.05 | 0.0 | 4 | 12 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 39°F | 56.9°F | 0.72 | 0.4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 62°F | 26°F | 44.0°F | 0.43 | 0.4 | 2 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 51°F | 19°F | 35.3°F | 0.61 | 1.8 | 3 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 75°F | 39°F | 56.8°F | 8.20 | 4.7 | 39 | 104 | 136 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | −7°C | 2.0°C | 5 mm | 4 cm |
| February | 15°C | −5°C | 5.3°C | 9 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 20°C | −1°C | 9.7°C | 12 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 24°C | 3°C | 13.7°C | 7 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 29°C | 8°C | 18.4°C | 13 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 34°C | 13°C | 23.6°C | 15 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 35°C | 16°C | 25.5°C | 45 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 15°C | 24.3°C | 31 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 11°C | 20.3°C | 27 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 24°C | 4°C | 13.8°C | 18 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 17°C | −4°C | 6.7°C | 11 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 11°C | −7°C | 1.8°C | 15 mm | 5 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00290915; 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 Bernardo?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May and October. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (2).
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 USC00290915.
When is the last frost at Bernardo?
In Bernardo, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 29 in half of years and after May 13 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 14 in half of years and before October 1 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
- April 291 year in 10 after May 13; 9 in 10 after April 15
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 141 year in 10 before October 1; 9 in 10 before October 28
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 166 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 187 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 17 in half of springs and before October 23 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bernardo in zone 7b in ZIP code 87006, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in New Mexico · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00290915; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 Bernardo?
In a normal year in Bernardo, 104 days a year reach 90°F (23 of them 100°F or more), 136 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 39 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 104a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 23a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 136a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 39a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 2a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1962) is 113°F, on June 26, 1994; the lowest is −20°F, on January 8, 1971.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1997, with 12.52 in; the snowiest season is 2000–01, with 15.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00290915; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00290915. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Bernardo?
Over a year 87% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Bernardo, 5.7 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (91%) and December the cloudiest (83%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 84% | 3.4 |
| February | 84% | 4.3 |
| March | 86% | 5.8 |
| April | 88% | 7.0 |
| May | 89% | 7.8 |
| June | 91% | 8.1 |
| July | 86% | 7.3 |
| August | 87% | 6.7 |
| September | 88% | 5.9 |
| October | 90% | 4.9 |
| 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 Bernardo record?
A normal year at Bernardo brings 4,216 heating degree days, 22% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,246 cooling degree days, 37% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,979 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 911 | 0 |
| February | 658 | 0 |
| March | 481 | 0 |
| April | 254 | 6 |
| May | 70 | 76 |
| June | 2 | 287 |
| July | 0 | 398 |
| August | 0 | 335 |
| September | 29 | 135 |
| October | 260 | 9 |
| November | 632 | 0 |
| December | 921 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,216 | 1,246 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00290915. 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.
How does Bernardo's climate compare?
Bernardo is warmer than 61 of the 98 places with their own NOAA record in New Mexico, and wetter than 3. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 56.8°F is warmer than 66%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Bernardo 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 Bernardo share this climate record?
8 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.
- Madrone, NM345 people · 12 mi NE
- Casa Colorada, NM320 people · 10 mi NE
- Alamillo, NM168 people · 13 mi S
- La Joya, NM139 people · 5 mi S
- Veguita, NM79 people · 7 mi NE
- Las Nutrias, NM51 people · 5 mi NE
- San Acacia, NM43 people · 12 mi S
- Abeytas, NM0 people · 3 mi N
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 Bernardo's climate
What is the coldest month at Bernardo?
December, with a normal high of 51°F and a normal low of 19°F. The warmest is July (95°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow at Bernardo?
Yes: 5 inches in a normal year, falling on 3 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (1.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Bernardo?
July, with 1.78 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.18 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Bernardo in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Bernardo in zone 7b in ZIP code 87006, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come at Bernardo?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 29; in one year in ten it comes after May 13. Waiting until May 13 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
- Los Lunas, NM24 miles from this station, 56.1°F a year
- Socorro, NM25 miles from this station, 57.5°F a year
- Mountainair, NM34 miles from this station, 53.7°F a year
- South Valley, NM42 miles from this station, 56.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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