Eagle Nest, 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 Eagle Nest's primary NOAA station, EAGLE NEST.
The climate verdict for Eagle Nest
Dryness leads the climate profile for Eagle Nest, New Mexico, with 17.2 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 42°F. At 40/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 6% of scores.
- 42°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 40/100
- comfort score, above 6% of station-mapped location scores
- 17.2"
- yearly precipitation total
- 90 days
- frost-free growing season
Eagle Nest: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00292700 · Eagle Nest, NM 42°F mean · 17.2" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 42°F
- RANK-COOL #617
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sunrise Mtn
- PRCP-DRY 17.2"
- SWING-MID 40°F
- COMF-LOW 40/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,475 HDD
- STN-1 USC00292700
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Sunrise Mtn, AZ (+ 0.1 °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.
- Eagle Nest (this station) 42°F
- Cold Dutch Harbor, AK 42°F
- Hot Haines, AK 42°F
- Near Sunrise Mtn, AZ 42°F
- Near Kodiak Wwtp, AK 42°F
Climate Living Index · Eagle Nest
Eagle Nest: 10/100 · grade F
Eagle Nest publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Eagle Nest, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 40/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 17.2 in · 17.8 from 35 in | 37/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 41.7°F · 25.8° from 67.5°F | 9/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 90 days/year | 0/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 234 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
Eagle Nest · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Eagle Nest is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 21.7°F and warmest-month mean 61.5°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
- 61.5°F
- Coldest month
- 21.7°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 Eagle Nest sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Eagle Nest's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 91%
- Among 6,861 stations, Eagle Nest sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 78%
- Eagle Nest's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 35th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Eagle Nest compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Eagle Nest's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
40 6th percentile score exceeds 6% 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
Eagle Nest's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 46 complete annual observations from 1934 to 2024, EAGLE NEST warmed at a fitted rate of 0.03°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Eagle Nest primary station fitted change +0.03 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F (4°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 0.6" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 42°F (5°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 0.9" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 49°F (10°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.3" | 30.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 56°F (13°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 1.5" | 27.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 66°F (19°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 1.3" | 20.1 | 0.0 |
| June | 77°F (25°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.1" | 6.3 | 0.1 |
| July | 79°F (26°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 2.9" | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| August | 77°F (25°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 2.8" | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| September | 72°F (22°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.6" | 12.0 | 0.0 |
| October | 62°F (16°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.3" | 27.5 | 0.0 |
| November | 49°F (9°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 0.9" | 29.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 39°F (4°C) | 6°F (-14°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 0.9" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 79°F around July 6, short of 90°F on every date, while 234 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 4°F near January 4.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 16, then returns to freezing around September 26, covering 234 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 52% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 17 at 19%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 105 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 13 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 39°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Eagle Nest.
Where Eagle Nest Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 234 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 39°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Eagle Nest earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
6.5 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
15.1 days with precipitation
15.0 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
6.2 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
Eagle Nest runs a summer-peaked wet season
40% of Eagle Nest'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 2.9", on a 39.8°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 43% 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.
Eagle Nest is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 104 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 28% of the calendar, and they carry 17.2" between them. At roughly 0.17 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 15 wet days; the driest is November at about 6.
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
September 14
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
June 16
50% probability date
Growing Season
90 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,475
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
9
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NM closest to Eagle Nest 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 (42°F here).
- Bayfield, WI 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Castlewood, SD 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Chemult, OR 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Gildford, MT 42°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (17.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Mott, ND 17.2" · 0.0" off
- Colusa, CA 17.2" · 0.0" off
- Seminole, TX 17.2" · 0.0" off
- Fleming, CO 17.2" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Eagle Nest's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Eagle Nest's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,475 annual heating degree days against 9 for cooling. Its 39.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 90 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 Eagle Nest's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 39.8°F. The annual average is 42°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Eagle Nest's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 17.2 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.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Eagle Nest'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 Eagle Nest, 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 Eagle Nest's primary station: EAGLE NEST (USC00292700). 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 3522020). Match rule for Eagle Nest: 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 Eagle Nest 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.