Gila Hot Springs, New Mexico climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Gila Hot Springs's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 15.2 inches of precipitation and 6 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.9°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 32°C, 385 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationGila Hot Springs
- Station IDUSC00293530
- Location33.20°N 108.21°W
- Elevation5,636 ft (1,718 m)
- Population (census place)0
On October 23, the normal high in Gila Hot Springs is 73°F and the normal low 30°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 15%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Gila Hot Springs.
- Jan 57° 17°
- Feb 60° 22°
- Mar 67° 26°
- Apr 73° 30°
- May 81° 36°
- Jun 90° 44°
- Jul 89° 53°
- Aug 87° 53°
- Sep 83° 45°
- Oct 75° 33°
- Nov 65° 24°
- Dec 56° 18°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Gila Hot Springs each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in August (3.07 in), the least in April (0.41 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57°F | 17°F | 37.0°F | 1.01 | 3.0 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 60°F | 22°F | 40.8°F | 0.95 | 0.6 | 5 | <1 | 25 | 11 h |
| March | 67°F | 26°F | 46.0°F | 0.69 | 0.3 | 4 | <1 | 26 | 12 h |
| April | 73°F | 30°F | 51.7°F | 0.41 | 0.1 | 2 | <1 | 21 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 36°F | 58.4°F | 0.52 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 90°F | 44°F | 66.8°F | 0.66 | 0.0 | 4 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 89°F | 53°F | 71.2°F | 2.67 | 0.0 | 13 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 87°F | 53°F | 70.2°F | 3.07 | 0.0 | 14 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 83°F | 45°F | 64.3°F | 1.81 | 0.0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 33°F | 54.2°F | 1.18 | 0.2 | 5 | <1 | 16 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 65°F | 24°F | 44.3°F | 1.03 | 0.3 | 4 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 56°F | 18°F | 37.1°F | 1.17 | 1.3 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 33°F | 53.5°F | 15.17 | 5.8 | 71 | 40 | 182 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | −8°C | 2.8°C | 26 mm | 8 cm |
| February | 16°C | −6°C | 4.9°C | 24 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 19°C | −4°C | 7.8°C | 18 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 23°C | −1°C | 10.9°C | 10 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 2°C | 14.7°C | 13 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 7°C | 19.3°C | 17 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 12°C | 21.8°C | 68 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 12°C | 21.2°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 7°C | 17.9°C | 46 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 24°C | 1°C | 12.3°C | 30 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 18°C | −5°C | 6.8°C | 26 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 13°C | −8°C | 2.8°C | 30 mm | 3 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00293530; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Gila Hot Springs?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, September and October. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (2).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00293530.
When is the last frost in Gila Hot Springs?
In Gila Hot Springs, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 26 in half of years and after June 8 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 5 in half of years and before September 23 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 261 year in 10 after June 8; 9 in 10 after May 12
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 51 year in 10 before September 23; 9 in 10 before October 16
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 129 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 157 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 8 in half of springs and before October 14 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gila Hot Springs in zone 7b in ZIP code 88038, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Gila Hot Springs's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 3°F (25 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in New Mexico · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00293530; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Gila Hot Springs?
In a normal year in Gila Hot Springs, 40 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 182 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 71 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 40a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 182a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 71a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 2a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1957) is 104°F, on June 25, 1990; the lowest is −15°F, on January 5, 1971.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1988, with 25.73 in; the snowiest season is 1996–97, with 18.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00293530; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00293530. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Gila Hot Springs?
Over a year 84% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Gila Hot Springs, 5.5 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (89%) and July the cloudiest (74%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 83% | 3.5 |
| February | 83% | 4.4 |
| March | 86% | 5.8 |
| April | 89% | 7.2 |
| May | 89% | 7.9 |
| June | 88% | 7.8 |
| July | 74% | 6.2 |
| August | 77% | 6.0 |
| September | 83% | 5.6 |
| October | 89% | 4.9 |
| November | 87% | 3.8 |
| December | 83% | 3.1 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Gila Hot Springs need?
A normal year in Gila Hot Springs brings 4,674 heating degree days, 13% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 497 cooling degree days, 45% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,749 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 868 | 0 |
| February | 678 | 0 |
| March | 589 | 0 |
| April | 401 | 0 |
| May | 213 | 6 |
| June | 35 | 89 |
| July | 1 | 195 |
| August | 3 | 164 |
| September | 65 | 42 |
| October | 334 | 0 |
| November | 623 | 0 |
| December | 866 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,674 | 497 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00293530. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Gila Hot Springs been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 55.0°F, 1.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 53.5°F. 3 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 54.1°F | +0.6°F | 15.72 | – |
| 2022 | 53.3°F | −0.2°F | 23.80 | 0.8 |
| 2023 | 53.4°F | −0.1°F | 10.82 | 2.0 |
| 2024 | 54.3°F | +0.8°F | 15.45 | 7.5 |
| 2025 | 55.0°F | +1.5°F | 9.72 | 2.0 |
Over 49 complete years from 1960 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.0°F per century (+0.28°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00293530; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Gila Hot Springs's climate compare?
Gila Hot Springs is warmer than 46 of the other 97 places with their own NOAA record in New Mexico, and wetter than 60. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.5°F is warmer than 55%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Gila Hot Springs is Cfb: temperate, no dry season, warm summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Gila Hot Springs share this climate record?
3 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Trout Valley, NM21 people · 11 mi S
- Lake Roberts, NM0 people · 12 mi S
- Lake Roberts Heights, NM0 people · 12 mi S
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Gila Hot Springs's climate
What is the coldest month in Gila Hot Springs?
January, with a normal high of 57°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 53°F at night).
Does it snow in Gila Hot Springs?
Yes: 6 inches in a normal year, falling on 3 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (3.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Gila Hot Springs?
August, with 3.07 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is April with 0.41 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Gila Hot Springs in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Gila Hot Springs in zone 7b in ZIP code 88038, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Gila Hot Springs's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 3°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Gila Hot Springs?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 26; in one year in ten it comes after June 8. Waiting until June 8 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- New Mexico climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Fort Bayard, NM28 miles from this station, 59.6°F a year
- Cliff (11 mi SE), NM30 miles from this station, 55.6°F a year
- Winston, NM34 miles from this station, 53.1°F a year
- Glenwood, NM40 miles from this station, 56.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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