Corrales, New Mexico climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Corrales's normal year runs from 21°F December nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 9.6 inches of precipitation and 8 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.8°C, December lows of −6°C, July highs of 33°C, 243 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCorrales
- Station IDUSC00292100
- Location35.25°N 106.59°W
- Elevation5,026 ft (1,532 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population8,530
On October 23, the normal high in Corrales is 69°F and the normal low 35°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 Corrales.
- Jan 49° 21°
- Feb 55° 24°
- Mar 64° 30°
- Apr 71° 37°
- May 80° 45°
- Jun 91° 54°
- Jul 92° 61°
- Aug 89° 60°
- Sep 83° 51°
- Oct 72° 38°
- Nov 58° 27°
- Dec 48° 21°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Corrales each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 21°F. The most precipitation falls in August (1.71 in), the least in February (0.41 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 21°F | 34.9°F | 0.55 | 1.7 | 3 | <1 | 29 | 10 h |
| February | 55°F | 24°F | 39.7°F | 0.41 | 0.9 | 3 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 64°F | 30°F | 46.8°F | 0.66 | 0.7 | 3 | <1 | 21 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 71°F | 37°F | 53.9°F | 0.48 | 0.1 | 3 | <1 | 9 | 13 h |
| May | 80°F | 45°F | 62.6°F | 0.51 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 h |
| June | 91°F | 54°F | 72.0°F | 0.52 | 0.0 | 3 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 92°F | 61°F | 76.4°F | 1.40 | 0.0 | 7 | 23 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 89°F | 60°F | 74.6°F | 1.71 | 0.0 | 8 | 17 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 83°F | 51°F | 66.8°F | 1.20 | 0.0 | 5 | 5 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 72°F | 38°F | 54.8°F | 0.96 | 0.6 | 4 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 58°F | 27°F | 42.8°F | 0.65 | 0.8 | 3 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 48°F | 21°F | 34.6°F | 0.51 | 2.9 | 3 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 39°F | 55.0°F | 9.56 | 7.7 | 49 | 67 | 151 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −6°C | 1.6°C | 14 mm | 4 cm |
| February | 13°C | −4°C | 4.3°C | 10 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 18°C | −1°C | 8.2°C | 17 mm | 2 cm |
| April | 22°C | 3°C | 12.2°C | 12 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 7°C | 17.0°C | 13 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 33°C | 12°C | 22.2°C | 13 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 16°C | 24.7°C | 36 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 15°C | 23.7°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 10°C | 19.3°C | 30 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 3°C | 12.7°C | 24 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 15°C | −3°C | 6.0°C | 17 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 9°C | −6°C | 1.4°C | 13 mm | 7 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00292100; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Corrales?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, April 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 USC00292100.
When is the last frost in Corrales?
In Corrales, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 25 in half of years and after May 10 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 17 in half of years and before October 4 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 251 year in 10 after May 10; 9 in 10 after April 11
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 171 year in 10 before October 4; 9 in 10 before October 30
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 173 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 200 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 8 in half of springs and before October 27 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Corrales in zone 7b in ZIP code 87048. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Corrales's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 4°F (15 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 USC00292100; 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 in Corrales?
In a normal year in Corrales, 67 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 151 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 49 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 67a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 151a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 49a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 3a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00292100.
How sunny is Corrales?
Over a year 86% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Corrales, 5.5 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (90%) and December the cloudiest (81%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 83% | 3.2 |
| February | 82% | 4.1 |
| March | 85% | 5.6 |
| April | 85% | 6.8 |
| May | 87% | 7.7 |
| June | 90% | 8.1 |
| July | 85% | 7.2 |
| August | 86% | 6.6 |
| September | 87% | 5.8 |
| October | 88% | 4.7 |
| November | 86% | 3.5 |
| December | 81% | 2.8 |
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 much heating and cooling does Corrales need?
A normal year in Corrales brings 4,637 heating degree days, 14% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,010 cooling degree days, 11% more 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 3,524 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 932 | 0 |
| February | 710 | 0 |
| March | 564 | 0 |
| April | 336 | 1 |
| May | 116 | 40 |
| June | 6 | 216 |
| July | 0 | 353 |
| August | 1 | 297 |
| September | 44 | 98 |
| October | 319 | 4 |
| November | 666 | 0 |
| December | 944 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,637 | 1,010 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00292100. 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.
Has Corrales been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 55.4°F, 0.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 55.0°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 55.4°F | +0.4°F | 5.70 | – |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00292100. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Corrales's climate compare?
Corrales is warmer than 54 of the other 97 places with their own NOAA record in New Mexico, and wetter than 8. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 55.0°F is warmer than 60%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Corrales 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 Corrales 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.
- Pueblo of Sandia Village, NM494 people · 1 mi E
- Edith Enclave, NM203 people · 3 mi S
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 Corrales's climate
What is the coldest month in Corrales?
December, with a normal high of 48°F and a normal low of 21°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow in Corrales?
Yes: 8 inches in a normal year, falling on 4 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (2.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Corrales?
August, with 1.71 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.41 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Corrales in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Corrales in zone 7b in ZIP code 87048. By the same method at Corrales's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 4°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Corrales?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 25; in one year in ten it comes after May 10. Waiting until May 10 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
- Rio Rancho, NM2 miles from this station, 58.0°F a year
- Rio Rancho #1, NM2 miles from this station, 56.2°F a year
- Placitas, NM8 miles from this station, 55.7°F a year
- Rio Grande Nature Center, NM9 miles from this station, 56.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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