Lake Maloya, New Mexico climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Lake Maloya's normal year runs from 11°F January nights to 78°F July afternoons, with 21.4 inches of precipitation and 89 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 6.8°C, January lows of −12°C, July highs of 26°C, 545 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLake Maloya
- Station IDUSC00294742
- Location36.98°N 104.38°W
- Elevation7,400 ft (2,256 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Lake Maloya is 58°F and the normal low 28°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 17%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Lake Maloya.
- Jan 42° 11°
- Feb 43° 12°
- Mar 50° 20°
- Apr 57° 27°
- May 66° 36°
- Jun 75° 44°
- Jul 78° 49°
- Aug 76° 48°
- Sep 71° 41°
- Oct 60° 31°
- Nov 50° 21°
- Dec 42° 13°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Lake Maloya each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 78°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 11°F. The most precipitation falls in July (3.44 in), the least in January (0.86 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F | 11°F | 26.3°F | 0.86 | 13.4 | 5 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 43°F | 12°F | 27.6°F | 0.87 | 13.0 | 5 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 50°F | 20°F | 35.4°F | 1.80 | 18.3 | 7 | <1 | 30 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 57°F | 27°F | 41.6°F | 2.01 | 11.0 | 7 | <1 | 25 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 66°F | 36°F | 50.9°F | 2.02 | 1.6 | 7 | <1 | 9 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 75°F | 44°F | 59.7°F | 2.02 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 78°F | 49°F | 63.6°F | 3.44 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 76°F | 48°F | 62.2°F | 2.95 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 71°F | 41°F | 55.9°F | 1.92 | 0.2 | 7 | <1 | 2 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 60°F | 31°F | 45.5°F | 1.57 | 5.2 | 5 | <1 | 19 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 50°F | 21°F | 35.2°F | 1.06 | 11.0 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 42°F | 13°F | 27.4°F | 0.93 | 15.6 | 5 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 59°F | 29°F | 44.3°F | 21.45 | 89.3 | 85 | <1 | 205 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −12°C | −3.2°C | 22 mm | 34 cm |
| February | 6°C | −11°C | −2.4°C | 22 mm | 33 cm |
| March | 10°C | −6°C | 1.9°C | 46 mm | 46 cm |
| April | 14°C | −3°C | 5.3°C | 51 mm | 28 cm |
| May | 19°C | 2°C | 10.5°C | 51 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 24°C | 7°C | 15.4°C | 51 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26°C | 9°C | 17.6°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24°C | 9°C | 16.8°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21°C | 5°C | 13.3°C | 49 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 16°C | −1°C | 7.5°C | 40 mm | 13 cm |
| November | 10°C | −6°C | 1.8°C | 27 mm | 28 cm |
| December | 5°C | −11°C | −2.6°C | 24 mm | 40 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00294742; 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.
Which months are mildest at Lake Maloya?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00294742.
When is the last frost at Lake Maloya?
In Lake Maloya, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 21 in half of years and after June 4 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 29 in half of years and before September 16 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 211 year in 10 after June 4; 9 in 10 after May 8
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 291 year in 10 before September 16; 9 in 10 before October 10
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 128 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 148 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 10 in half of springs and before October 7 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lake Maloya in zone 6a in ZIP code 81082, 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 USC00294742; 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 at Lake Maloya?
In a normal year in Lake Maloya, a 90°F day is rare, 205 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 85 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 205a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 23high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 85a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 23a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1942) is 93°F, on July 9, 1955; the lowest is −33°F, on January 12, 1963.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1955, with 29.62 in; the snowiest season is 1983–84, with 201.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00294742; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00294742. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Lake Maloya?
Over a year 83% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Lake Maloya, 5.3 kWh per square metre a day. October is the sunniest month (86%) and July the cloudiest (81%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 84% | 3.2 |
| February | 83% | 4.1 |
| March | 83% | 5.4 |
| April | 83% | 6.5 |
| May | 83% | 7.3 |
| June | 84% | 7.5 |
| July | 81% | 6.9 |
| August | 82% | 6.4 |
| September | 85% | 5.6 |
| October | 86% | 4.5 |
| November | 86% | 3.4 |
| December | 83% | 2.8 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Lake Maloya record?
A normal year at Lake Maloya brings 7,575 heating degree days, 41% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 37 cooling degree days, 96% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 1,431 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,201 | 0 |
| February | 1,047 | 0 |
| March | 918 | 0 |
| April | 702 | 0 |
| May | 437 | 0 |
| June | 165 | 6 |
| July | 63 | 20 |
| August | 99 | 11 |
| September | 274 | 1 |
| October | 606 | 0 |
| November | 896 | 0 |
| December | 1,167 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,575 | 37 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00294742. 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.
Have recent years at Lake Maloya been warmer than normal?
Over 39 complete years from 1943 to 2020, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.2°F per century (+0.12°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 Lake Maloya's climate compare?
Lake Maloya is warmer than 5 of the 98 places with their own NOAA record in New Mexico, and wetter than 90. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 44.3°F is warmer than 17%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lake Maloya is Dfb: continental, 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 Lake Maloya share this climate record?
4 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.
- Cokedale, CO128 people · 18 mi NW
- Jansen, CO94 people · 15 mi NW
- Starkville, CO65 people · 12 mi NW
- Valdez, CO8 people · 19 mi NW
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 Lake Maloya's climate
What is the coldest month at Lake Maloya?
January, with a normal high of 42°F and a normal low of 11°F. The warmest is July (78°F by day, 49°F at night).
Does it snow at Lake Maloya?
Yes: 89 inches in a normal year, falling on 30 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in March (18.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Lake Maloya?
July, with 3.44 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.86 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lake Maloya in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lake Maloya in zone 6a in ZIP code 81082, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come at Lake Maloya?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 21; in one year in ten it comes after June 4. Waiting until June 4 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
- Raton Filter Plant, NM6 miles from this station, 49.7°F a year
- Raton, NM18 miles from this station, 49.7°F a year
- Trinidad, CO19 miles from this station, 52.9°F a year
- Capulin, NM27 miles from this station, 49.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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