Jemez Springs, 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 Jemez Springs's primary NOAA station, JEMEZ SPRINGS.
The climate verdict for Jemez Springs
Dryness leads the climate profile for Jemez Springs, New Mexico, with 15.2 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 52°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.
- 52°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 49/100
- comfort score, above 18% of station-mapped location scores
- 15.2"
- annual precipitation · 23" snow
- 155 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Jemez Springs: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00294369 · Jemez Springs, NM 52°F mean · 15.2" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 52°F
- RANK-MID #3,431
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Athens
- PRCP-DRY 15.2"
- SWING-MID 39°F
- COMF-LOW 49/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,255 HDD
- STN-1 USC00294369
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Athens, WV (+ 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.
- Jemez Springs (this station) 52°F
- Cold Eltopia, WA 52°F
- Hot Athens, WV 52°F
- Near Pilot Rock, OR 52°F
- Near Williams, AZ 52°F
Climate Living Index · Jemez Springs
Jemez Springs: 39/100 · grade F
Jemez Springs publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Jemez Springs, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 52.1°F · 15.4° from 67.5°F | 50/100 · D |
| Snowfall burden | 22.8 inches/year | 46/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 167 calendar days | 34/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 155 days/year | 29/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 15.2 in · 19.9 from 35 in | 29/100 · F |
Jemez Springs · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Jemez Springs is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 33.0°F and warmest-month mean 71.9°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 71.9°F
- Coldest month
- 33.0°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 Jemez Springs sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Jemez Springs's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 50th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 82%
- Jemez Springs's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 31st percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Jemez Springs compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Jemez Springs'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 | 48°F (9°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 1.0" | 6.1" | 30.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 52°F (11°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 0.8" | 2.7" | 26.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 60°F (16°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 1.0" | 3.5" | 24.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 0.9" | 1.6" | 14.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 76°F (25°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 2.7 | 0.9 |
| June | 87°F (31°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 13.6 |
| July | 89°F (31°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 2.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 15.9 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 2.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.7 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| October | 70°F (21°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 1.4" | 0.4" | 7.9 | 0.0 |
| November | 56°F (14°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 0.9" | 2.6" | 24.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (8°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 0.9" | 5.9" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around June 28, short of 90°F on every date, while 167 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 18°F near December 26.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 13, then returns to freezing around October 30, covering 167 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 28, when 33% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 22 at 10%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 59 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 10 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 38°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Jemez Springs.
Where Jemez Springs Stands Nationally
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 38°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 15 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Jemez Springs 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: 6.1"
4.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.7"
3.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.5"
4.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.6"
3.1 days with precipitation
3.8 days with precipitation
3.3 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
4.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.6"
3.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.9"
3.8 days with precipitation
Jemez Springs runs a summer-peaked wet season
39% of Jemez Springs'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 2.6", on a 38.9°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 0.7".
- Winter share: 18% 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.
How Jemez Springs's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 59 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 15.2" between them, or roughly 0.26 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Jemez Springs
Jemez Springs averages 22.8 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 9 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: 22.8 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 9 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 15% 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 11
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 9
50% probability date
Growing Season
155 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,255
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
565
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NM closest to Jemez Springs 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 (52°F here).
- Canon City, CO 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Donora, PA 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Dyer, NV 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Everett, WA 52°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (15.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Monument, OR 15.1" · 0.0" off
- Palo Alto, CA 15.1" · 0.0" off
- Winthrop, WA 15.2" · 0.0" off
- Darby, MT 15.1" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Jemez Springs
heating led · dry · mid swing
Jemez Springs's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,255 annual heating degree days against 565 for cooling. Its 38.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Jemez Springs's frost-free season lasts about 155 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Jemez Springs coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 33°F (1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Jemez Springs typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Jemez Springs snow peak
January
Jemez Springs averages 22.8 inches of snow a year, with January 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 Jemez Springs's primary station: JEMEZ SPRINGS (USC00294369). 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 an incorporated place (GEOID 3535320). Match rule for Jemez Springs: 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 Jemez Springs 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.