Clines Corners, NM Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Clines Corners's primary NOAA station, CLINES CORNERS - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Clines Corners
Dryness leads the climate profile for Clines Corners, New Mexico, with 14.3 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 50°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.
- 50°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 14.3"
- yearly precipitation total
- 161 days
- frost-free growing season
Clines Corners: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00003027 · Clines Corners, NM 50°F mean · 14.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-MID #2,882
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ W Harwich
- PRCP-DRY 14.3"
- SWING-MID 39°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,736 HDD
- STN-MULTI USW00003027
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: W Harwich, MA (+ 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.
- Hot Walnut Canyon N…, AZ 51°F
- Near Stanley, NM 51°F
- Near Pendleton Branch, OR 51°F
- Clines Corners (this station) 50°F
- Near W Harwich, MA 50°F
Climate Living Index · Clines Corners
Clines Corners: 37/100 · grade F
Clines Corners publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Clines Corners, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 50.4°F · 17.1° from 67.5°F | 42/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 159 calendar days | 40/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 161 days/year | 34/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 14.3 in · 20.7 from 35 in | 26/100 · F |
Clines Corners · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Clines Corners is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 31.2°F and warmest-month mean 70.2°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
- 70.2°F
- Coldest month
- 31.2°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 Clines Corners sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Clines Corners's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 42nd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 84%
- Clines Corners's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 31st percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Clines Corners compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Clines Corners'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 | 42°F (6°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 0.6" | 29.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 47°F (8°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 0.6" | 25.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 56°F (13°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 0.8" | 21.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 63°F (17°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 0.6" | 11.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 0.8" | 2.3 | 0.1 |
| June | 83°F (28°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 1.1" | 0.0 | 4.3 |
| July | 84°F (29°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 2.8" | 0.0 | 5.4 |
| August | 82°F (28°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 2.3" | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| September | 76°F (24°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 1.9" | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| October | 65°F (18°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 1.3" | 6.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 52°F (11°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 0.7" | 21.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 42°F (6°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 0.8" | 29.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 85°F around June 26, short of 90°F on every date, while 159 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 19°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 7, then returns to freezing around November 1, covering 159 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 July 28, when 40% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 18 at 14%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 79 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 12 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 32°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Clines Corners.
Where Clines Corners Stands Nationally
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 14 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Clines Corners 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
5.7 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
4.8 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
11.2 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
Clines Corners runs a summer-peaked wet season
44% of Clines Corners's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is July at 2.8", on a 39°F seasonal spread. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: July, August, September, taking 49% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: February at 0.6".
- Winter share: 14% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
Clines Corners is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 79 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 22% of the calendar, and they carry 14.3" between them. At roughly 0.18 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is July at about 12 wet days; the driest is November at about 4.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 12
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 4
50% probability date
Growing Season
161 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,736
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
448
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NM closest to Clines Corners 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 (50°F here).
- Beaver Falls, PA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Brewster, KS 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Colorado Springs, CO 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Crawfordsville, IN 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (14.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Colorado City, AZ 14.3" · 0.0" off
- Sunburst, MT 14.3" · 0.0" off
- Fort Morgan, CO 14.3" · 0.0" off
- Lance Creek, WY 14.3" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Clines Corners's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Clines Corners's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,736 annual heating degree days against 448 for cooling. Its 39.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Clines Corners's frost-free season lasts about 161 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Clines Corners's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 39.0°F. The annual average is 50°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Clines Corners's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 14.3 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Clines Corners wettest normal
July
July concentrates the scarce annual total (14.3 inches).
Clines Corners driest normal
February
February is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Clines Corners's primary station: CLINES CORNERS (USW00003027). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Clines Corners area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. 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 Clines Corners; 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 Clines Corners 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.