Lake Maloya, NM Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Lake Maloya's primary NOAA station, LAKE MALOYA.
The climate verdict for Lake Maloya
Lake Maloya, New Mexico has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 44°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 44°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 21.4"
- annual precipitation · 89" snow
- 131 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Lake Maloya: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00294742 · Lake Maloya, NM 44°F mean · 21.4" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 44°F
- RANK-COOL #1,098
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ South Lake Tahoe
- PRCP-DRY 21.4"
- SWING-MID 37°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,575 HDD
- STN-1 USC00294742
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: South Lake Tahoe, CA ( -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.
- Lake Maloya (this station) 44°F
- Cold South Lake Tahoe, CA 44°F
- Hot Bellemont, AZ 44°F
- Near Greer, AZ 44°F
- Near Thorne Bay, AK 44°F
Climate Living Index · Lake Maloya
Lake Maloya: 19/100 · grade F
Lake Maloya publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Lake Maloya, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 21.4 in · 13.6 from 35 in | 52/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 44.3°F · 23.2° from 67.5°F | 17/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 131 days/year | 13/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 208 calendar days | 10/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 89.3 inches/year | 3/100 · F |
Lake Maloya · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Lake Maloya is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 26.3°F and warmest-month mean 63.6°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 63.6°F
- Coldest month
- 26.3°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 Lake Maloya sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Lake Maloya's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 84%
- Among 6,861 stations, Lake Maloya sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 70%
- Lake Maloya's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 76%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Lake Maloya is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Lake Maloya compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Lake Maloya's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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
Lake Maloya's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 39 complete annual observations from 1943 to 2020, LAKE MALOYA warmed at a fitted rate of 0.12°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Lake Maloya primary station fitted change +0.12 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F (5°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 0.9" | 13.4" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.9" | 13.0" | 27.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 50°F (10°C) | 20°F (-6°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 1.8" | 18.3" | 30.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 2.0" | 11.0" | 25.1 | 0.0 |
| May | 66°F (19°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 2.0" | 1.6" | 9.1 | 0.0 |
| June | 75°F (24°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 2.0" | 0.0" | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| July | 78°F (26°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| August | 76°F (24°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 71°F (21°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 1.9" | 0.2" | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| October | 60°F (16°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 1.6" | 5.2" | 18.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 50°F (10°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 1.1" | 11.0" | 29.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 42°F (5°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 0.9" | 15.6" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 79°F around July 12, short of 90°F on every date, while 208 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 10°F near January 29.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 6, then returns to freezing around October 12, covering 208 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 August 1, when 42% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 1 at 14%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 85 wet dates a year.
The widest day
February 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 32°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Lake Maloya.
Where Lake Maloya Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 208 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Lake Maloya earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 13.4"
4.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 13.0"
4.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 18.3"
6.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.0"
6.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.6"
7.2 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
11.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
6.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.2"
5.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.0"
5.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 15.6"
4.7 days with precipitation
Lake Maloya runs a summer-peaked wet season
39% of Lake Maloya'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 3.4", on a 37.3°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, May, taking 39% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.9".
- Winter share: 12% 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 Lake Maloya's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 85 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 21.4" between them, or roughly 0.25 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 Lake Maloya
Lake Maloya averages 89.3 inches of snowfall a year, with March the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 30 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: 89.3 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 30 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 42% 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
September 29
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 21
50% probability date
Growing Season
131 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,575
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
37
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NM closest to Lake Maloya 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 (44°F here).
- Gettysburg, SD 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Harrold, SD 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Jim Falls, WI 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Kewaunee, WI 44°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (21.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Madrid, NE 21.4" · 0.0" off
- King Salmon, AK 21.4" · 0.0" off
- Valley City, ND 21.5" · 0.0" off
- Robert Lee, TX 21.4" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Lake Maloya
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Lake Maloya's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,575 annual heating degree days against 37 for cooling. Its 37.3°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 131 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
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1. Lake Maloya coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 26°F (-3°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Lake Maloya typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Lake Maloya snow peak
March
Lake Maloya averages 89.3 inches of snow a year, with March 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 Lake Maloya's primary station: LAKE MALOYA (USC00294742). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Lake Maloya; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Lake Maloya 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.