Fruitland, NM Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Fruitland's primary NOAA station, FRUITLAND.
The climate verdict for Fruitland
Dryness leads the climate profile for Fruitland, New Mexico, with 7.3 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 51°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 51°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 7.3"
- annual precipitation · 8" snow
- 145 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Fruitland: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00293340 · Fruitland, NM 51°F mean · 7.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 51°F
- RANK-MID #3,156
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Washington
- PRCP-ARID 7.3"
- SWING-MID 45°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,671 HDD
- STN-1 USC00293340
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Washington, PA (+ 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 Ralston Rsvr, CO 52°F
- Fruitland (this station) 51°F
- Cold Barnesville, OH 51°F
- Near Washington, PA 51°F
- Near Coshocton Wpc P…, OH 51°F
Climate Living Index · Fruitland
Fruitland: 25/100 · grade F
Fruitland publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Fruitland, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 7.8 inches/year | 67/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 51.4°F · 16.1° from 67.5°F | 46/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 145 days/year | 22/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 7.3 in · 27.7 from 35 in | 6/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 232 calendar days | 1/100 · F |
Fruitland · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Fruitland'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
- 74.6°F
- Coldest month
- 29.8°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 Fruitland sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Fruitland'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 98%
- Fruitland's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 57th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Fruitland compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Fruitland's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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 | 43°F (6°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.6" | 1.9" | 29.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 51°F (10°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 0.5" | 2.1" | 24.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 60°F (16°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 0.5" | 0.7" | 21.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 0.5" | 0.2" | 14.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 78°F (26°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 14.4 |
| July | 92°F (33°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 24.2 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 1.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 17.6 |
| September | 82°F (28°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| October | 70°F (21°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 0.8" | 0.5" | 9.5 | 0.1 |
| November | 56°F (13°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 0.5" | 0.9" | 24.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 44°F (7°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.6" | 1.5" | 29.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Fruitland works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 92°F by July 11 and hold at or above 90°F on 51 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 181 dates, bottoming at 16°F around December 14.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 23 through August 12, covering 51 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 24 to October 15.
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 19, then returns to freezing around October 22, covering 181 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 August 26, when 19% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 19 at 9%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 53 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 12 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 Fruitland.
Where Fruitland Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 7 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
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.
Fruitland 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: 1.9"
5.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.1"
3.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.7"
4.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
3.3 days with precipitation
3.4 days with precipitation
2.5 days with precipitation
4.5 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
5.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.9"
4.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.5"
4.8 days with precipitation
Fruitland spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 24%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Fruitland has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 44.8°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 1.0" and June 0.2". The three wettest months together take 38% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Fruitland is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 52 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 14% of the calendar, and they carry 7.3" between them. At roughly 0.14 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 August at about 6 wet days; the driest is June at about 3.
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.
Snow reaches Fruitland, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 7.8 inches of snow a year here, most likely in February. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 6 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 4
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 12
50% probability date
Growing Season
145 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,671
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
750
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NM closest to Fruitland 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 (7.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Bruneau, ID 7.4" · 0.0" off
- Hiko, NV 7.3" · 0.0" off
- Richland, WA 7.3" · 0.0" off
- Bluff, UT 7.3" · 0.1" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Fruitland's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Fruitland's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,671 annual heating degree days against 750 for cooling. Its 44.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 145 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 Fruitland's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 44.8°F. The annual average is 51°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Fruitland's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 7.3 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Annual snowfall totals 7.8 inches. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Fruitland wettest normal
August
August concentrates the scarce annual total (7.3 inches).
Fruitland driest normal
June
June is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Fruitland's primary station: FRUITLAND (USC00293340). 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 a census-designated place (GEOID 3527760), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Fruitland: 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 Fruitland 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.