Rio Grande Nature Ctr, NM Climate: Temperature by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Rio Grande Nature Ctr's primary NOAA station, RIO GRANDE NATURE CTR.
The climate verdict for Rio Grande Nature Ctr
Rio Grande Nature Ctr, New Mexico has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 57°F. July is the warmest month at 78°F and December the coldest at 35°F.
- 57°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 180 days
- frost-free growing season
Rio Grande Nature Ctr: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00297461 · Rio Grande Nature Ctr, NM 57°F mean
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-MILD 57°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,528
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hodgenville Lin…
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 4,216 HDD
- STN-1 USC00297461
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Hodgenville Lincoln P, KY (+ 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.
- Rio Grande Natu… (this station) 57°F
- Cold Calico Rock, AR 57°F
- Hot Bernardo, NM 57°F
- Near Hodgenville Lin…, KY 57°F
- Near Veyo Powerhouse, UT 57°F
Climate Living Index · Rio Grande Nature Ctr
Rio Grande Nature Ctr: 35/100 · grade F
Rio Grande Nature Ctr publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Rio Grande Nature Ctr, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 56.7°F · 10.8° from 67.5°F | 65/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 180 days/year | 50/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 236 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
Rio Grande Nature Ctr · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Rio Grande Nature Ctr sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Rio Grande Nature Ctr are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- 66th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 49th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52°F (11°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 37°F (3°C) | N/A | 28.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 58°F (14°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 41°F (5°C) | N/A | 22.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 67°F (20°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 49°F (9°C) | N/A | 13.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 76°F (24°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 57°F (14°C) | N/A | 4.7 | 0.3 |
| May | 84°F (29°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 65°F (18°C) | N/A | 0.2 | 9.0 |
| June | 94°F (35°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 74°F (23°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 26.9 |
| July | 95°F (35°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 78°F (26°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 27.4 |
| August | 92°F (33°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 76°F (24°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 27.7 |
| September | 87°F (30°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 69°F (20°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 13.9 |
| October | 75°F (24°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 57°F (14°C) | N/A | 5.3 | 0.3 |
| November | 61°F (16°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 44°F (7°C) | N/A | 20.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 50°F (10°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 35°F (2°C) | N/A | 28.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Rio Grande Nature Ctr works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 96°F by June 27 and hold at or above 90°F on 96 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 140 dates, bottoming at 20°F around December 21.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 30 through September 2, covering 96 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 23 to October 27.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 21, then returns to freezing around November 3, covering 140 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.
The widest day
June 8 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 42°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Rio Grande Nature Ctr.
Where Rio Grande Nature Ctr Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 96 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 42°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Rio Grande Nature Ctr earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 20
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 23
50% probability date
Growing Season
180 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,216
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,201
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NM closest to Rio Grande Nature Ctr 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 (57°F here).
- Arnett, OK 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Bethpage, TN 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Haysville, KS 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Joplin, MO 57°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Rio Grande Nature Ctr's climate pattern fits together
heating led · mid swing
Rio Grande Nature Ctr's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,216 annual heating degree days against 1,201 for cooling. Its 43.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Rio Grande Nature Ctr's frost-free season lasts about 180 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Rio Grande Nature Ctr's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 43.1°F. The annual average is 57°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Rio Grande Nature Ctr's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Rio Grande Nature Ctr's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Rio Grande Nature Ctr, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
Questions about Rio Grande Nature Ctr's climate
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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 Rio Grande Nature Ctr's primary station: RIO GRANDE NATURE CTR (USC00297461). 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 Rio Grande Nature Ctr; 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 Rio Grande Nature Ctr 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.