Brazos Lodge, NM Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Brazos Lodge's primary NOAA station, BRAZOS LODGE.
The climate verdict for Brazos Lodge
Brazos Lodge, New Mexico has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 45°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 45°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 21.8"
- yearly precipitation total
- 137 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Brazos Lodge: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00291180 · Brazos Lodge, NM 45°F mean · 21.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,235
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Koosharem
- PRCP-DRY 21.8"
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,470 HDD
- STN-1 USC00291180
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Koosharem, UT (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every NM station list.
- Brazos Lodge (this station) 45°F
- Cold Evergreen, CO 45°F
- Hot The Poplars, OR 45°F
- Near Koosharem, UT 45°F
- Near Nezperce, ID 45°F
Climate Living Index · Brazos Lodge
Brazos Lodge: 24/100 · grade F
Brazos Lodge publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Brazos Lodge, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 21.8 in · 13.2 from 35 in | 54/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 44.8°F · 22.7° from 67.5°F | 19/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 137 days/year | 17/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 198 calendar days | 15/100 · F |
Brazos Lodge · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Brazos Lodge is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 25.1°F and warmest-month mean 66.2°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 66.2°F
- Coldest month
- 25.1°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Brazos Lodge sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Brazos Lodge's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 82%
- Among 6,861 stations, Brazos Lodge sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 31st percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 41st percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Brazos Lodge compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Brazos Lodge's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F (2°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 2.0" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 39°F (4°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 1.8" | 27.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 48°F (9°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 1.9" | 29.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 56°F (13°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 1.5" | 24.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 66°F (19°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 1.8" | 7.2 | 0.0 |
| June | 77°F (25°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 0.8" | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| July | 82°F (28°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 1.9" | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| August | 78°F (26°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 2.8" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| September | 70°F (21°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 2.1" | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| October | 60°F (16°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 1.7" | 13.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 47°F (8°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 1.7" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 37°F (3°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 1.8" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 82°F around July 17, short of 90°F on every date, while 198 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 13°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 2, then returns to freezing around October 18, covering 198 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 10, when 45% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is May 12 at 19%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 98 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 31 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 31°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Brazos Lodge.
Where Brazos Lodge Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 198 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Brazos Lodge earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
8.0 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
10.5 days with precipitation
14.2 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
Brazos Lodge spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 26%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Brazos Lodge has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 41.1°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 2.8" and June 0.8". The three wettest months together take 32% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
How Brazos Lodge's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 98 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 21.8" between them, or roughly 0.22 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 4
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 20
50% probability date
Growing Season
137 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,470
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
135
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NM closest to Brazos Lodge on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (45°F here).
- Dannemora, NY 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Estherville, IA 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Hamilton, MT 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Harrison, NE 45°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (21.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Aberdeen, SD 21.8" · 0.0" off
- Leola, SD 21.8" · 0.0" off
- Willows, CA 21.9" · 0.0" off
- Oberlin, KS 21.8" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Brazos Lodge's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Brazos Lodge's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,470 annual heating degree days against 135 for cooling. Its 41.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 137 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Brazos Lodge's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 41.1°F. The annual average is 45°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Brazos Lodge's 21.8 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Brazos Lodge's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Brazos Lodge, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Brazos Lodge's primary station: BRAZOS LODGE (USC00291180). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Brazos Lodge; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Brazos Lodge comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.