Hachita, NM Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Hachita's primary NOAA station, HACHITA 1W.
The climate verdict for Hachita
Dryness leads the climate profile for Hachita, New Mexico, with 12.1 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 60°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 60°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 12.1"
- precipitation, annual total
- 187 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Hachita: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00293775 · Hachita, NM 60°F mean · 12.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 60°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,146
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cumming
- PRCP-DRY 12.1"
- SWING-MID 37°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-HEAT 3,262 HDD
- STN-1 USC00293775
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Cumming, GA (+ 0.1 °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.
- Hachita (this station) 60°F
- Cold Cullman, AL 60°F
- Hot Heflin, AL 60°F
- Near Cumming, GA 60°F
- Near Gainesville, GA 60°F
Climate Living Index · Hachita
Hachita: 38/100 · grade F
Hachita publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Hachita, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 60.0°F · 7.5° from 67.5°F | 76/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 187 days/year | 55/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 12.1 in · 22.9 from 35 in | 19/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 217 calendar days | 6/100 · F |
Hachita · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Hachita'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
- 78.8°F
- Coldest month
- 41.4°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 Hachita sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Hachita's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 25% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Hachita sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 90%
- Hachita's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 75%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Hachita is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Hachita compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Hachita's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% 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%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Hachita's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 34 complete annual observations from 1923 to 2016, HACHITA 1W warmed at a fitted rate of 0.18°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Hachita primary station fitted change +0.18 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F (15°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 0.7" | 24.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 63°F (17°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 0.6" | 17.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 71°F (22°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 0.4" | 11.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 78°F (26°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 0.2" | 3.9 | 1.4 |
| May | 87°F (30°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 0.3" | 0.4 | 11.2 |
| June | 96°F (35°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 0.6" | 0.0 | 26.8 |
| July | 94°F (35°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 3.1" | 0.0 | 25.9 |
| August | 92°F (33°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 2.1" | 0.0 | 24.7 |
| September | 88°F (31°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 1.4" | 0.0 | 15.7 |
| October | 79°F (26°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 0.9" | 1.8 | 3.0 |
| November | 67°F (20°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 0.7" | 13.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 58°F (14°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 1.0" | 23.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Hachita works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 97°F by June 23 and hold at or above 90°F on 101 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 116 dates, bottoming at 24°F around January 1.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 26 through September 3, covering 101 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 13 to November 9.
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 March 9, then returns to freezing around November 15, covering 116 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 1 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 41°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Hachita.
Where Hachita Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 101 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 41°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Hachita earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Hachita runs a summer-peaked wet season
48% of Hachita'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 3.1", on a 37.4°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 55% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: April at 0.2".
- Winter share: 20% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 27
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 23
50% probability date
Growing Season
187 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,262
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,473
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NM closest to Hachita 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 (60°F here).
- Ashland, MS 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Bixby, OK 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Booneville, MS 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Camden, TN 60°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (12.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Evanston, WY 12.1" · 0.0" off
- Lindsay, CA 12.1" · 0.0" off
- Valentine, TX 12.1" · 0.0" off
- Walden, CO 12.1" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Hachita's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Hachita's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,262 annual heating degree days against 1,473 for cooling. Its 37.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Hachita's frost-free season lasts about 187 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Hachita's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 37.4°F. The annual average is 60°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Hachita's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 12.1 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Hachita wettest normal
July
July concentrates the scarce annual total (12.1 inches).
Hachita driest normal
April
April is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
Questions about Hachita'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 Hachita's primary station: HACHITA 1W (USC00293775). 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 3531190), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Hachita: 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 Hachita 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.