Raton Muni Crews, NM Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Raton Muni Crews's primary NOAA station, RATON MUNI CREWS AP.
The climate verdict for Raton Muni Crews
Dryness leads the climate profile for Raton Muni Crews, New Mexico, with 13.7 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 50°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 13.7"
- precipitation, annual total
- 146 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Raton Muni Crews: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00023052 · Raton Muni Crews, NM 50°F mean · 13.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-COOL #2,607
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Thoreau
- PRCP-DRY 13.7"
- SWING-MID 40°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,970 HDD
- STN-1 USW00023052
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Thoreau, NM (+ 0 °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 (this station) 50°F
- Hot Pomeroy, WA 50°F
- Near Thoreau, NM 50°F
- Near Pickens, WV 50°F
- Near Trinidad Lake, CO 50°F
Climate Living Index · Raton Muni Crews
Raton Muni Crews: 28/100 · grade F
Raton Muni Crews publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Raton Muni Crews, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 49.7°F · 17.8° from 67.5°F | 39/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 13.7 in · 21.3 from 35 in | 24/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 183 calendar days | 23/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 146 days/year | 22/100 · F |
Raton Muni Crews · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Raton Muni Crews'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
- 70.6°F
- Coldest month
- 30.2°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 Muni Crews sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Raton Muni Crews's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 38th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 86%
- Raton Muni Crews's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 37th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Raton Muni Crews compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Raton Muni Crews's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% 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%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47°F (8°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 0.4" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 50°F (10°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 0.3" | 27.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 58°F (14°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 0.8" | 26.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 65°F (18°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 1.0" | 16.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 74°F (24°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.1" | 3.6 | 1.0 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 1.7" | 0.0 | 9.4 |
| July | 87°F (30°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 2.6" | 0.0 | 13.4 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 2.3" | 0.0 | 8.7 |
| September | 78°F (26°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 1.8" | 0.7 | 1.9 |
| October | 68°F (20°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 0.9" | 13.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 55°F (13°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 0.5" | 27.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 46°F (8°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.4" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 13, short of 90°F on every date, while 183 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 13°F near December 28.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 19, then returns to freezing around October 20, covering 183 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 July 27, when 39% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 4 at 15%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 82 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 25 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 35°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Raton Muni Crews.
Where Raton Muni Crews Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 183 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 14 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Raton Muni Crews earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
5.4 days with precipitation
5.5 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
6.2 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
10.3 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
4.4 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
Raton Muni Crews runs a summer-peaked wet season
48% of Raton Muni Crews'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 2.6", on a 40.4°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, September, taking 49% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: February at 0.3".
- Winter share: 8% 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.
Raton Muni Crews is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 82 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 22% of the calendar, and they carry 13.7" between them. At roughly 0.17 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is July at about 12 wet days; the driest is November at about 4.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 4
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
146 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,970
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
431
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NM closest to Raton Muni Crews 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 (50°F here).
- Ashland, OH 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Baring, WA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Benton Harbor, MI 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Big Springs, NE 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (13.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Canon City, CO 13.7" · 0.0" off
- Mitchell, OR 13.7" · 0.0" off
- Nephi, UT 13.7" · 0.0" off
- Buffalo, WY 13.8" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Raton Muni Crews's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Raton Muni Crews's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,970 annual heating degree days against 431 for cooling. Its 40.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 146 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.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Raton Muni Crews's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 40.4°F. The annual average is 50°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Raton Muni Crews's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 13.7 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Raton Muni Crews wettest normal
July
July concentrates the scarce annual total (13.7 inches).
Raton Muni Crews driest normal
February
February is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Muni Crews's primary station: RATON MUNI CREWS AP (USW00023052). 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 Muni Crews; 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 Muni Crews 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.