Corona, NM Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Corona's primary NOAA station, CORONA 10SW.
The climate verdict for Corona
Dryness leads the climate profile for Corona, New Mexico, with 16.9 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 53°F. At 49/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 18% of scores.
- 53°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 49/100
- comfort score, above 18% of station-mapped location scores
- 16.9"
- annual precipitation · 28" snow
- 174 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Corona: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00292095 · Corona, NM 53°F mean · 16.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 53°F
- RANK-MID #3,705
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Diamond M Rch
- PRCP-DRY 16.9"
- SWING-MID 36°F
- COMF-LOW 49/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,894 HDD
- STN-1 USC00292095
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Diamond M Rch, AZ (+ 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 Sparks, NV 54°F
- Near Snowflake, AZ 54°F
- Corona (this station) 53°F
- Cold Show Low, AZ 53°F
- Near Diamond M Rch, AZ 53°F
Climate Living Index · Corona
Corona: 51/100 · grade D
Corona publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Corona, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 123 calendar days | 63/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 53.3°F · 14.2° from 67.5°F | 54/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 174 days/year | 45/100 · D |
| Snowfall burden | 27.9 inches/year | 41/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 16.9 in · 18.1 from 35 in | 35/100 · F |
Corona · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Corona is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 35.5°F and warmest-month mean 71.7°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 71.7°F
- Coldest month
- 35.5°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 Corona sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Corona's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 54th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 78%
- Corona's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 79%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Corona is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Corona compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Corona's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
49 18th percentile score exceeds 18% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46°F (8°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 0.6" | 4.8" | 27.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 50°F (10°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 0.6" | 4.4" | 23.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 57°F (14°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 0.6" | 4.7" | 19.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 65°F (18°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 0.7" | 1.3" | 12.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 74°F (24°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 2.4 | 0.3 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 1.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| July | 84°F (29°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.9 |
| August | 82°F (28°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| September | 77°F (25°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| October | 67°F (20°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.7" | 1.0" | 5.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 55°F (13°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 0.8" | 2.8" | 17.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 46°F (8°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 1.1" | 8.9" | 26.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around June 24, short of 90°F on every date, while 123 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 24°F near December 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 17, then returns to freezing around November 16, covering 123 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 34% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 21 at 8%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 54 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 7 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 29°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Corona.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 4.8"
2.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.4"
2.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.7"
3.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.3"
2.4 days with precipitation
3.2 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
5.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.0"
4.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.8"
2.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.9"
3.2 days with precipitation
Corona runs a summer-peaked wet season
46% of Corona'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 3.3", on a 36.2°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: January 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.
How Corona's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 54 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 16.9" between them, or roughly 0.32 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.
Winter brings real snow to Corona
Corona averages 27.9 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 10 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 27.9 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 10 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 17% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 20
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 29
50% probability date
Growing Season
174 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,894
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
652
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NM closest to Corona 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 (53°F here).
- Bowling Green, MO 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Holly, CO 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Lancaster, PA 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Perry, IL 53°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (16.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Buffalo, SD 16.9" · 0.0" off
- Crook, CO 16.9" · 0.0" off
- Trenton, UT 16.9" · 0.0" off
- Beulah, ND 16.9" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Corona
heating led · dry · mid swing
Corona's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,894 annual heating degree days against 652 for cooling. Its 36.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Corona's frost-free season lasts about 174 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Corona coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 36°F (2°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Corona typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Corona snow peak
December
Corona averages 27.9 inches of snow a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Corona's primary station: CORONA 10SW (USC00292095). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 3517680). Match rule for Corona: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Corona 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.