Raton Krtn Radio, 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 Raton Krtn Radio's primary NOAA station, RATON KRTN RADIO.
The climate verdict for Raton Krtn Radio
Dryness leads the climate profile for Raton Krtn Radio, New Mexico, with 15.1 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 49°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.
- 49°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 49/100
- comfort score, above 18% of station-mapped location scores
- 15.1"
- annual precipitation · 25" snow
- 133 days
- frost-free growing season
Raton Krtn Radio: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00297280 · Raton Krtn Radio, NM 49°F mean · 15.1" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 49°F
- RANK-COOL #2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Quemado
- PRCP-DRY 15.1"
- SWING-MID 38°F
- COMF-LOW 49/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,181 HDD
- STN-1 USC00297280
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Quemado, NM ( -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.
- Raton Krtn Radio (this station) 49°F
- Hot Redmond Roberts…, OR 49°F
- Near Quemado, NM 49°F
- Near Blue Ridge Rang…, AZ 49°F
- Cold SO Entrance Yos…, CA 48°F
Climate Living Index · Raton Krtn Radio
Raton Krtn Radio: 27/100 · grade F
Raton Krtn Radio publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Raton Krtn Radio, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 25.4 inches/year | 43/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 48.6°F · 18.9° from 67.5°F | 34/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 15.1 in · 19.9 from 35 in | 29/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 194 calendar days | 17/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 133 days/year | 14/100 · F |
Raton Krtn Radio · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Raton Krtn Radio's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 67.9°F
- Coldest month
- 30.4°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 Raton Krtn Radio sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Raton Krtn Radio's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 34th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 83%
- Raton Krtn Radio's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 75%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Raton Krtn Radio is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Raton Krtn Radio compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Raton Krtn Radio'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 | 47°F (8°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 0.3" | 3.5" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 50°F (10°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 0.3" | 3.7" | 27.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 58°F (14°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 0.8" | 5.4" | 28.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 64°F (18°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 0.9" | 1.9" | 20.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.8" | 0.3" | 5.9 | 0.3 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 1.9" | 0.1" | 0.1 | 2.9 |
| July | 85°F (29°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 2.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.5 |
| August | 82°F (28°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 2.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| September | 77°F (25°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 1.6 | 0.0 |
| October | 67°F (20°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 1.2" | 1.2" | 17.4 | 0.0 |
| November | 56°F (13°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 0.5" | 4.8" | 28.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 46°F (8°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.4" | 4.5" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 85°F around July 7, short of 90°F on every date, while 194 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 13°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 26, then returns to freezing around October 16, covering 194 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 40% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is December 14 at 9%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 72 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 21 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 36°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Raton Krtn Radio.
Where Raton Krtn Radio Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 194 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 15 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Raton Krtn Radio 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: 3.5"
2.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.7"
2.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.4"
5.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.9"
4.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
7.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
8.6 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.2"
3.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.8"
3.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.5"
2.8 days with precipitation
Raton Krtn Radio runs a summer-peaked wet season
48% of Raton Krtn Radio'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 2.8", on a 37.5°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, June, taking 48% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: February at 0.3".
- Winter share: 7% 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 Raton Krtn Radio's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 72 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 15.1" between them, or roughly 0.21 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 Raton Krtn Radio
Raton Krtn Radio averages 25.4 inches of snowfall a year, with March the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 13 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: 25.4 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 13 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 17% 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 19
50% probability date
Growing Season
133 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,181
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
223
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NM closest to Raton Krtn Radio 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 (49°F here).
- Antioch, IL 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Baker, NV 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Blissfield, MI 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Bloomingdale, MI 49°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (15.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Broadwater, NE 15.1" · 0.0" off
- Bly, OR 15.1" · 0.0" off
- Guernsey, WY 15.1" · 0.0" off
- Lee Vining, CA 15.1" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Raton Krtn Radio
heating led · dry · mid swing
Raton Krtn Radio's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,181 annual heating degree days against 223 for cooling. Its 37.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 133 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. Raton Krtn Radio coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 30°F (-1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Raton Krtn Radio typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Raton Krtn Radio snow peak
March
Raton Krtn Radio averages 25.4 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 Raton Krtn Radio's primary station: RATON KRTN RADIO (USC00297280). 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 Raton Krtn Radio; 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 Raton Krtn Radio 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.