Hobbs, New Mexico climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Hobbs's normal year runs from 30°F January nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 13.8 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.8°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 35°C, 350 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHobbs
- Station IDUSC00294026
- Location32.73°N 103.13°W
- Elevation3,660 ft (1,116 m)
- Population41,061
On October 22, the normal high in Hobbs is 74°F and the normal low 47°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 9%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Hobbs.
- Jan 55° 30°
- Feb 61° 33°
- Mar 69° 40°
- Apr 77° 48°
- May 85° 57°
- Jun 93° 65°
- Jul 94° 69°
- Aug 92° 68°
- Sep 85° 61°
- Oct 76° 50°
- Nov 64° 38°
- Dec 56° 31°
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 Hobbs each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 30°F. The most precipitation falls in September (2.46 in), the least in January (0.50 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F | 30°F | 42.3°F | 0.50 | 0.9 | 3 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 61°F | 33°F | 46.8°F | 0.53 | 0.2 | 2 | <1 | 14 | 11 h |
| March | 69°F | 40°F | 54.0°F | 0.63 | 0.0 | 2 | <1 | 7 | 12 h |
| April | 77°F | 48°F | 62.3°F | 0.76 | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 85°F | 57°F | 71.3°F | 1.91 | 0.0 | 4 | 13 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 93°F | 65°F | 79.2°F | 1.27 | 0.0 | 4 | 24 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 94°F | 69°F | 81.4°F | 1.74 | 0.0 | 4 | 27 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 92°F | 68°F | 79.9°F | 2.06 | 0.0 | 5 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 85°F | 61°F | 72.7°F | 2.46 | 0.0 | 6 | 11 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 76°F | 50°F | 62.9°F | 0.87 | 0.1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 64°F | 38°F | 50.9°F | 0.53 | 0.0 | 2 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 56°F | 31°F | 43.1°F | 0.51 | 0.5 | 2 | <1 | 19 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 49°F | 62.2°F | 13.77 | 1.8 | 37 | 104 | 72 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | −1°C | 5.7°C | 13 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 16°C | 1°C | 8.2°C | 13 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 20°C | 4°C | 12.2°C | 16 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 25°C | 9°C | 16.8°C | 19 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 30°C | 14°C | 21.8°C | 49 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 34°C | 18°C | 26.2°C | 32 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 35°C | 20°C | 27.4°C | 44 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 20°C | 26.6°C | 52 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 16°C | 22.6°C | 62 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 24°C | 10°C | 17.2°C | 22 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 18°C | 3°C | 10.5°C | 13 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 13°C | −1°C | 6.2°C | 13 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00294026; 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 Hobbs?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, September and October. Of those, March 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 USC00294026.
When is the last frost in Hobbs?
In Hobbs, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 28 in half of years and after April 13 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 10 in half of years and before October 27 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
- March 281 year in 10 after April 13; 9 in 10 after March 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 101 year in 10 before October 27; 9 in 10 before November 22
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 225 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 249 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 13 in half of springs and before November 19 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hobbs in zone 8a in ZIP code 88244, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in New Mexico · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00294026; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 Hobbs?
In a normal year in Hobbs, 104 days a year reach 90°F (21 of them 100°F or more), 72 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 37 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 104a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 21a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 72a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 37a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1913) is 114°F, on June 27, 1998; the lowest is −7°F, on January 11, 1918.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1941, with 32.19 in; the snowiest season is 1980–81, with 19.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00294026; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00294026. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Hobbs?
Over a year 88% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Hobbs, 5.7 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (92%) and December the cloudiest (83%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 85% | 3.6 |
| February | 84% | 4.4 |
| March | 85% | 5.7 |
| April | 89% | 7.0 |
| May | 89% | 7.6 |
| June | 92% | 7.9 |
| July | 90% | 7.4 |
| August | 90% | 6.8 |
| September | 87% | 5.7 |
| October | 88% | 4.8 |
| November | 86% | 3.7 |
| December | 83% | 3.2 |
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 Hobbs need?
A normal year in Hobbs brings 2,963 heating degree days, 45% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,982 cooling degree days, 2.2 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,298 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 702 | 0 |
| February | 509 | 1 |
| March | 348 | 7 |
| April | 131 | 50 |
| May | 27 | 223 |
| June | 0 | 428 |
| July | 0 | 508 |
| August | 0 | 460 |
| September | 12 | 242 |
| October | 128 | 61 |
| November | 427 | 3 |
| December | 679 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,963 | 1,982 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00294026. 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 Hobbs been warmer than normal lately?
Over 59 complete years from 1915 to 2017, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.7°F per century (+0.15°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Hobbs's climate compare?
Hobbs is warmer than 85 of the other 97 places with their own NOAA record in New Mexico, and wetter than 53. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 62.2°F is warmer than 81%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hobbs is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. 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 Hobbs share this climate record?
5 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.
- Lovington, NM11,693 people · 20 mi NW
- North Hobbs, NM6,099 people · 3 mi N
- Eunice, NM3,068 people · 20 mi S
- Monument, NM437 people · 11 mi SW
- Nadine, NM146 people · 8 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.
What do Hobbs's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Hobbs. This page uses Hobbs; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobbs (13 mi W) USC00294030 | 13 mi W | 3,836 ft | 63.0°F | 30°F | 92°F | 14.8 | 1 | March 28 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Hobbs's climate
What is the coldest month in Hobbs?
January, with a normal high of 55°F and a normal low of 30°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 69°F at night).
Does it snow in Hobbs?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (0.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Hobbs?
September, with 2.46 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.50 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hobbs in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hobbs in zone 8a in ZIP code 88244, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Hobbs?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 28; in one year in ten it comes after April 13. Waiting until April 13 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Hobbs in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- New Mexico climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Denver City, TX24 miles from this station, 60.5°F a year
- Seminole, TX27 miles from this station, 61.7°F a year
- Plains, TX37 miles from this station, 59.5°F a year
- Tatum, NM38 miles from this station, 58.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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