Gallup Sand & Gravel, NM Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Gallup Sand & Gravel's primary NOAA station, GALLUP SAND & GRAVEL.
The climate verdict for Gallup Sand & Gravel
Dryness leads the climate profile for Gallup Sand & Gravel, New Mexico, with 12.5 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. At 49/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 18% of scores.
- 50°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 49/100
- comfort score, above 18% of station-mapped location scores
- 12.5"
- annual precipitation · 21" snow
- 149 days
- frost-free growing season
Gallup Sand & Gravel: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00293428 · Gallup Sand & Gravel, NM 50°F mean · 12.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-MID #2,744
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lacrosse
- PRCP-DRY 12.5"
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-LOW 49/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,914 HDD
- STN-1 USC00293428
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Lacrosse, WA (+ 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.
- Gallup Sand & G… (this station) 50°F
- Hot Moxee City, WA 50°F
- Near Lacrosse, WA 50°F
- Near Grand Canyon E…, AZ 50°F
- Near Riggins, ID 50°F
Climate Living Index · Gallup Sand & Gravel
Gallup Sand & Gravel: 31/100 · grade F
Gallup Sand & Gravel publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Gallup Sand & Gravel, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 20.6 inches/year | 48/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 50.1°F · 17.4° from 67.5°F | 41/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 180 calendar days | 25/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 149 days/year | 24/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 12.5 in · 22.5 from 35 in | 20/100 · F |
Gallup Sand & Gravel · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Gallup Sand & Gravel'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
- 30.0°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 Gallup Sand & Gravel sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Gallup Sand & Gravel's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 40th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 89%
- Gallup Sand & Gravel's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 45th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Gallup Sand & Gravel compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Gallup Sand & Gravel's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
49 18th percentile score exceeds 18% 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 | 44°F (7°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.9" | 4.5" | 29.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 48°F (9°C) | 20°F (-6°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 0.9" | 5.7" | 26.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 57°F (14°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 0.8" | 2.0" | 26.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 65°F (18°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 0.6" | 0.7" | 15.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 74°F (23°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 0.7" | 0.5" | 2.9 | 0.2 |
| June | 85°F (29°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 8.8 |
| July | 87°F (31°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 2.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.9 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 2.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 6.1 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 1.2" | 0.0" | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| October | 68°F (20°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 1.1" | 0.4" | 10.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 55°F (13°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 0.8" | 1.6" | 25.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 44°F (7°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.9" | 5.2" | 29.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 88°F around July 4, short of 90°F on every date, while 180 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 15°F near December 28.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 17, then returns to freezing around October 21, covering 180 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 38% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 7 at 8%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 68 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 10 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 36°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Gallup Sand & Gravel.
Where Gallup Sand & Gravel Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 180 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 13 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Gallup Sand & Gravel 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: 4.5"
5.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.7"
5.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.0"
4.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.7"
3.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
4.4 days with precipitation
1.9 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
5.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.6"
4.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.2"
5.7 days with precipitation
Gallup Sand & Gravel runs a summer-peaked wet season
38% of Gallup Sand & Gravel'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 August at 2.4", on a 42.1°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: August, July, September, taking 45% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: June at 0.3".
- Winter share: 21% 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.
Gallup Sand & Gravel is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 68 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 19% of the calendar, and they carry 12.5" between them. At roughly 0.18 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 11 wet days; the driest is June at about 2.
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.
Winter brings real snow to Gallup Sand & Gravel
Gallup Sand & Gravel averages 20.6 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 15 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: 20.6 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 15 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 16% 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 7
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
149 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,914
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
525
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NM closest to Gallup Sand & Gravel 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 (50°F here).
- Akron, CO 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Ansonia, CT 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Austin, NV 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Banner Elk, NC 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (12.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Wilbur, WA 12.5" · 0.0" off
- Fairfield, UT 12.5" · 0.0" off
- Harlem, MT 12.5" · 0.0" off
- Brady, MT 12.5" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Gallup Sand & Gravel
heating led · dry · mid swing
Gallup Sand & Gravel's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,914 annual heating degree days against 525 for cooling. Its 42.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 149 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. Gallup Sand & Gravel coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 30°F (-1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Gallup Sand & Gravel typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Gallup Sand & Gravel snow peak
February
Gallup Sand & Gravel averages 20.6 inches of snow a year, with February 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 Gallup Sand & Gravel's primary station: GALLUP SAND & GRAVEL (USC00293428). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Gallup Sand & Gravel; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Gallup Sand & Gravel 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.