Estancia, 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 Estancia's primary NOAA station, ESTANCIA 4N.
The climate verdict for Estancia
Dryness leads the climate profile for Estancia, New Mexico, with 13.6 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 51°F. At 54/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 51°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 54/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 13.6"
- annual precipitation · 18" snow
- 136 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Estancia: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00293060 · Estancia, NM 51°F mean · 13.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 51°F
- RANK-MID #3,156
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hot Springs
- PRCP-DRY 13.6"
- SWING-MID 40°F
- COMF-LOW 54/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,480 HDD
- STN-1 USC00293060
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Hot Springs, VA (+ 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 White Sulphur S…, WV 52°F
- Estancia (this station) 51°F
- Cold Zuni, NM 51°F
- Near Hot Springs, VA 51°F
- Near Webster Springs, WV 51°F
Climate Living Index · Estancia
Estancia: 28/100 · grade F
Estancia publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Estancia, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 54/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 17.9 inches/year | 51/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 51.4°F · 16.1° from 67.5°F | 46/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 13.6 in · 21.4 from 35 in | 23/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 136 days/year | 16/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 213 calendar days | 8/100 · F |
Estancia · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Estancia's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 72.1°F
- Coldest month
- 31.7°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 Estancia sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Estancia's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 46th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 86%
- Estancia's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 37th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Estancia compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Estancia's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
54 31st percentile score exceeds 31% 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48°F (9°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 0.5" | 4.1" | 30.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 53°F (12°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 0.4" | 2.6" | 26.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 62°F (17°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 0.6" | 2.1" | 26.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 69°F (21°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 0.5" | 0.6" | 19.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 79°F (26°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 1.2" | 0.0" | 5.4 | 1.2 |
| June | 89°F (32°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 1.2" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 13.8 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 2.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 16.6 |
| August | 87°F (31°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 2.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.5 |
| September | 82°F (28°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 1.8" | 0.0" | 1.4 | 2.0 |
| October | 71°F (22°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 1.4" | 0.8" | 15.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 59°F (15°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 0.7" | 2.5" | 27.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 49°F (9°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 0.7" | 5.2" | 30.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Estancia works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 91°F by June 28 and hold at or above 90°F on 27 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 186 dates, bottoming at 14°F around December 25.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 18 through July 14, covering 27 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 20 to October 19.
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 21, then returns to freezing around October 19, covering 186 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 30, when 34% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 16 at 9%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 56 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 9 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 43°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Estancia.
Where Estancia Stands Nationally
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 43°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 186 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Estancia earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 4.1"
3.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.6"
2.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.1"
3.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
2.6 days with precipitation
4.0 days with precipitation
4.4 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.8"
4.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.5"
3.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.2"
3.4 days with precipitation
Estancia runs a summer-peaked wet season
44% of Estancia'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 2.4", on a 40.4°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 48% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: February at 0.4".
- Winter share: 12% 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 Estancia's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 57 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 13.6" between them, or roughly 0.24 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 Estancia
Estancia averages 17.9 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 8 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: 17.9 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 8 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 13% 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 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 18
50% probability date
Growing Season
136 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,480
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
547
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NM closest to Estancia 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 (51°F here).
- Aberdeen, WA 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Astoria, OR 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Beatrice, NE 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Brockton, MA 51°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (13.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Midland, TX 13.6" · 0.0" off
- Las Animas, CO 13.6" · 0.0" off
- Westcliffe, CO 13.6" · 0.0" off
- Martinsdale, MT 13.5" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Estancia
heating led · dry · mid swing
Estancia's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,480 annual heating degree days against 547 for cooling. Its 40.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 136 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.
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1. Estancia coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 32°F (0°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Estancia typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Estancia snow peak
December
Estancia averages 17.9 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 Estancia's primary station: ESTANCIA 4N (USC00293060). 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 3525380). Match rule for Estancia: 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 Estancia 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.