Pasamonte, New Mexico climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Pasamonte's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 15.2 inches of precipitation and 21 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.5°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 31°C, 387 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPasamonte
- Station IDUSC00296619
- Location36.30°N 103.74°W
- Elevation5,650 ft (1,722 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Pasamonte is 65°F and the normal low 33°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 10%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Pasamonte.
- Jan 47° 17°
- Feb 50° 19°
- Mar 58° 25°
- Apr 65° 32°
- May 74° 42°
- Jun 84° 52°
- Jul 87° 56°
- Aug 85° 56°
- Sep 78° 48°
- Oct 68° 36°
- Nov 56° 24°
- Dec 47° 17°
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 Pasamonte each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in August (3.20 in), the least in February (0.27 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47°F | 17°F | 31.9°F | 0.30 | 4.1 | 2 | <1 | 30 | 10 h |
| February | 50°F | 19°F | 34.2°F | 0.27 | 3.1 | 2 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 58°F | 25°F | 41.5°F | 0.68 | 4.0 | 4 | <1 | 25 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 65°F | 32°F | 48.5°F | 0.90 | 1.6 | 5 | <1 | 14 | 13 h |
| May | 74°F | 42°F | 58.2°F | 1.81 | 0.3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 h |
| June | 84°F | 52°F | 67.9°F | 1.65 | 0.0 | 7 | 8 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 87°F | 56°F | 71.9°F | 2.97 | 0.0 | 10 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 85°F | 56°F | 70.0°F | 3.20 | 0.0 | 10 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 78°F | 48°F | 63.1°F | 1.73 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 68°F | 36°F | 51.6°F | 0.96 | 1.2 | 4 | <1 | 10 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 56°F | 24°F | 40.0°F | 0.36 | 2.8 | 3 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 47°F | 17°F | 31.9°F | 0.41 | 3.4 | 3 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 67°F | 35°F | 50.9°F | 15.24 | 20.5 | 59 | 33 | 163 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | −8°C | −0.1°C | 8 mm | 10 cm |
| February | 10°C | −7°C | 1.2°C | 7 mm | 8 cm |
| March | 14°C | −4°C | 5.3°C | 17 mm | 10 cm |
| April | 18°C | 0°C | 9.2°C | 23 mm | 4 cm |
| May | 23°C | 6°C | 14.6°C | 46 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 29°C | 11°C | 19.9°C | 42 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 14°C | 22.2°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 13°C | 21.1°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 9°C | 17.3°C | 44 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | 2°C | 10.9°C | 24 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 13°C | −4°C | 4.4°C | 9 mm | 7 cm |
| December | 8°C | −8°C | −0.1°C | 10 mm | 9 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00296619; 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 Pasamonte?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, August, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (4).
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 USC00296619.
When is the last frost at Pasamonte?
In Pasamonte, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 5 in half of years and after May 19 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 7 in half of years and before September 26 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 51 year in 10 after May 19; 9 in 10 after April 24
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 71 year in 10 before September 26; 9 in 10 before October 20
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 153 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 170 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 26 in half of springs and before October 17 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pasamonte in zone 6b in ZIP code 88424, 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 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (29 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 USC00296619; 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 Pasamonte?
In a normal year in Pasamonte, 33 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 163 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 59 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 33a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 163a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 13high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 59a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 9a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1925) is 104°F, on June 29, 1957; the lowest is −26°F, on January 13, 1963.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1941, with 34.12 in; the snowiest season is 2004–05, with 49.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00296619; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00296619. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Pasamonte?
Over a year 85% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Pasamonte, 5.3 kWh per square metre a day. September is the sunniest month (88%) and December the cloudiest (80%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 83% | 3.1 |
| February | 81% | 4.0 |
| March | 82% | 5.3 |
| April | 83% | 6.5 |
| May | 85% | 7.3 |
| June | 88% | 7.7 |
| July | 87% | 7.3 |
| August | 87% | 6.6 |
| September | 88% | 5.7 |
| October | 86% | 4.5 |
| November | 86% | 3.4 |
| December | 80% | 2.7 |
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 Pasamonte record?
A normal year at Pasamonte brings 5,694 heating degree days, 6% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 583 cooling degree days, 36% 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 2,774 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,025 | 0 |
| February | 861 | 0 |
| March | 729 | 0 |
| April | 494 | 1 |
| May | 232 | 22 |
| June | 35 | 122 |
| July | 5 | 218 |
| August | 11 | 167 |
| September | 108 | 52 |
| October | 417 | 2 |
| November | 752 | 0 |
| December | 1,028 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,694 | 583 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00296619. 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 Pasamonte been warmer than normal?
2023 averaged 52.3°F, 1.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 50.9°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51.9°F | +1.0°F | 10.57 | 11.0 |
| 2022 | 51.2°F | +0.3°F | 13.46 | 29.0 |
| 2023 | 52.3°F | +1.4°F | 19.26 | 22.0 |
Over 69 complete years from 1926 to 2023, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.0°F per century (+0.05°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00296619; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Pasamonte's climate compare?
Pasamonte is warmer than 31 of the 98 places with their own NOAA record in New Mexico, and wetter than 63. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.9°F is warmer than 44%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Pasamonte 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.
Questions about Pasamonte's climate
What is the coldest month at Pasamonte?
January, with a normal high of 47°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 56°F at night).
Does it snow at Pasamonte?
Yes: 21 inches in a normal year, falling on 10 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (4.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Pasamonte?
August, with 3.20 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.27 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Pasamonte in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Pasamonte in zone 6b in ZIP code 88424, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come at Pasamonte?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 5; in one year in ten it comes after May 19. Waiting until May 19 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
- Grenville, NM22 miles from this station, 51.9°F a year
- Rosebud (7 mi NW), NM30 miles from this station, 55.3°F a year
- Capulin, NM34 miles from this station, 49.4°F a year
- Roy, NM34 miles from this station, 52.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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