Mountain Park, New Mexico climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Mountain Park's normal year runs from 26°F January nights to 81°F July afternoons, with 19.3 inches of precipitation and 17 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.6°C, January lows of −3°C, July highs of 27°C, 489 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMountain Park
- Station IDUSC00295960
- Location32.95°N 105.82°W
- Elevation6,804 ft (2,074 m)
On October 24, the normal high in Mountain Park is 64°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 13%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Mountain Park.
- Jan 48° 26°
- Feb 52° 28°
- Mar 59° 33°
- Apr 66° 38°
- May 73° 45°
- Jun 82° 54°
- Jul 81° 57°
- Aug 79° 56°
- Sep 74° 51°
- Oct 66° 42°
- Nov 56° 33°
- Dec 48° 26°
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 Mountain Park each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 81°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 26°F. The most precipitation falls in July (3.59 in), the least in April (0.59 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48°F | 26°F | 36.9°F | 1.17 | 3.9 | 4 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 52°F | 28°F | 39.9°F | 1.05 | 4.2 | 4 | <1 | 20 | 11 h |
| March | 59°F | 33°F | 45.6°F | 0.88 | 2.4 | 4 | <1 | 14 | 12 h |
| April | 66°F | 38°F | 51.5°F | 0.59 | 0.7 | 2 | <1 | 6 | 13 h |
| May | 73°F | 45°F | 59.3°F | 0.84 | 0.0 | 3 | <1 | 1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 82°F | 54°F | 68.1°F | 1.17 | 0.0 | 5 | 3 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 81°F | 57°F | 68.8°F | 3.59 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 79°F | 56°F | 67.2°F | 3.54 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 74°F | 51°F | 62.7°F | 2.48 | 0.0 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 66°F | 42°F | 53.9°F | 1.67 | 1.1 | 4 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 56°F | 33°F | 44.2°F | 0.94 | 1.0 | 3 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 48°F | 26°F | 37.0°F | 1.34 | 4.0 | 4 | <1 | 24 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 65°F | 41°F | 52.9°F | 19.26 | 17.3 | 60 | 5 | 106 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −3°C | 2.7°C | 30 mm | 10 cm |
| February | 11°C | −2°C | 4.4°C | 27 mm | 11 cm |
| March | 15°C | 0°C | 7.6°C | 22 mm | 6 cm |
| April | 19°C | 3°C | 10.8°C | 15 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 23°C | 7°C | 15.2°C | 21 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 12°C | 20.1°C | 30 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27°C | 14°C | 20.4°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26°C | 13°C | 19.6°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 11°C | 17.1°C | 63 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | 5°C | 12.2°C | 42 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 13°C | 0°C | 6.8°C | 24 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 9°C | −3°C | 2.8°C | 34 mm | 10 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00295960; 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 Mountain Park?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, July, August, September and October. Of those, April 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 USC00295960.
When is the last frost at Mountain Park?
In Mountain Park, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 30 in half of years and after May 15 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 21 in half of years and before October 9 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
- April 301 year in 10 after May 15; 9 in 10 after April 16
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 211 year in 10 before October 9; 9 in 10 before November 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 173 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 193 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 20 in half of springs and before October 30 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mountain Park in zone 7b in ZIP code 88337, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°F (23 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in New Mexico · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00295960; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. 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 Mountain Park?
In a normal year in Mountain Park, 5 days a year reach 90°F, 106 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 60 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 5a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 106a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 60a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 8a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1894) is 101°F, on July 14, 1940; the lowest is −15°F, on February 15, 1895.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1985, with 28.44 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 66.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00295960; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00295960. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Mountain Park?
Over a year 88% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Mountain Park, 5.7 kWh per square metre a day. April is the sunniest month (91%) and July the cloudiest (84%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 86% | 3.6 |
| February | 86% | 4.6 |
| March | 88% | 5.9 |
| April | 91% | 7.3 |
| May | 91% | 7.9 |
| June | 90% | 7.9 |
| July | 84% | 7.0 |
| August | 84% | 6.5 |
| September | 86% | 5.8 |
| October | 89% | 5.0 |
| November | 88% | 3.9 |
| December | 85% | 3.3 |
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 Mountain Park record?
A normal year at Mountain Park brings 4,755 heating degree days, 12% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 373 cooling degree days, 59% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,657 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 870 | 0 |
| February | 701 | 0 |
| March | 603 | 0 |
| April | 404 | 0 |
| May | 196 | 19 |
| June | 20 | 113 |
| July | 10 | 128 |
| August | 17 | 85 |
| September | 96 | 27 |
| October | 346 | 1 |
| November | 624 | 0 |
| December | 868 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,755 | 373 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00295960. 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 Mountain Park been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 55.3°F, 2.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 52.9°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53.2°F | +0.3°F | 17.70 | 15.7 |
| 2023 | 54.4°F | +1.5°F | 18.54 | 20.9 |
| 2024 | 55.0°F | +2.1°F | 14.67 | 12.0 |
| 2025 | 55.3°F | +2.4°F | 15.53 | 2.5 |
Over 63 complete years from 1916 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.7°F per century (+0.20°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00295960; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Mountain Park's climate compare?
Mountain Park is warmer than 40 of the 98 places with their own NOAA record in New Mexico, and wetter than 87. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 52.9°F is warmer than 53%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Mountain Park is Cfb: temperate, 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 Mountain Park share this climate record?
2 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.
- High Rolls, NM1,463 people · 2 mi SE
- Mescalero, NM814 people · 13 mi N
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 Mountain Park's climate
What is the coldest month at Mountain Park?
January, with a normal high of 48°F and a normal low of 26°F. The warmest is July (81°F by day, 57°F at night).
Does it snow at Mountain Park?
Yes: 17 inches in a normal year, falling on 8 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (4.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Mountain Park?
July, with 3.59 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is April with 0.59 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Mountain Park in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Mountain Park in zone 7b in ZIP code 88337, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come at Mountain Park?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 30; in one year in ten it comes after May 15. Waiting until May 15 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
- Cloudcroft, NM5 miles from this station, 45.7°F a year
- Alamogordo, NM8 miles from this station, 63.1°F a year
- Tularosa, NM15 miles from this station, 61.2°F a year
- White Sands National Mon, NM24 miles from this station, 60.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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