Espanola, NM Climate: Temperature by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Espanola's primary NOAA station, ESPANOLA.
The climate verdict for Espanola
Espanola, New Mexico has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 52°F. July is the warmest month at 74°F and December the coldest at 31°F.
- 52°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 148 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Espanola: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00293031 · Espanola, NM 52°F mean
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COOL 52°F
- RANK-MID #3,431
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Olive Hill
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 5,286 HDD
- STN-1 USC00293031
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Olive Hill, KY (+ 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.
- Espanola (this station) 52°F
- Cold Blacksburg Nwso, VA 52°F
- Hot Olive Hill, KY 52°F
- Near Sanders, AZ 52°F
- Near Pelton Dam, OR 52°F
Climate Living Index · Espanola
Espanola: 27/100 · grade F
Espanola publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Espanola, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 52.3°F · 15.2° from 67.5°F | 50/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 148 days/year | 24/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 221 calendar days | 5/100 · F |
Espanola · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Espanola sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Espanola are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- 50th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 47th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48°F (9°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 32°F (0°C) | N/A | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 55°F (13°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 38°F (3°C) | N/A | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 63°F (17°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 44°F (7°C) | N/A | 26.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 70°F (21°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 51°F (11°C) | N/A | 14.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 78°F (26°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 59°F (15°C) | N/A | 3.1 | 1.9 |
| June | 89°F (31°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 69°F (20°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 13.3 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 74°F (23°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 19.7 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 71°F (22°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 12.3 |
| September | 82°F (28°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 64°F (18°C) | N/A | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| October | 70°F (21°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 52°F (11°C) | N/A | 13.5 | 0.0 |
| November | 59°F (15°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 41°F (5°C) | N/A | 27.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (8°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 31°F (0°C) | N/A | 30.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Espanola works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 92°F by July 7 and hold at or above 90°F on 44 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 177 dates, bottoming at 14°F around December 26.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 20 through August 2, covering 44 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 18 to October 16.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 13, then returns to freezing around October 20, covering 177 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.
The widest day
June 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 40°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Espanola.
Where Espanola Stands Nationally
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 40°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Espanola 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
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 6
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
148 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,286
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
684
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NM closest to Espanola 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 (52°F here).
- Albany, MO 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Avondale, PA 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Benkelman, NE 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Bremerton, WA 52°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Espanola's climate pattern fits together
heating led · mid swing
Espanola's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,286 annual heating degree days against 684 for cooling. Its 42.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 148 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 December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Espanola's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 42.6°F. The annual average is 52°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Espanola's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Espanola'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 Espanola, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
Questions about Espanola's climate
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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 Espanola's primary station: ESPANOLA (USC00293031). 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 3525170). Match rule for Espanola: 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 Espanola 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.