State Univ, 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 State Univ's primary NOAA station, STATE UNIV.
The climate verdict for State Univ
Dryness leads the climate profile for State Univ, New Mexico, with 9.1 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 63°F. It scores 77/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 70% of them.
- 63°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 77/100
- comfort score, above 70% of station-mapped location scores
- 9.1"
- annual precipitation · 1" snow
- 246 days
- growing season, frost-free days
State Univ: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00298535 · State Univ, NM 63°F mean · 9.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 63°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,695
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Arkadelphia
- PRCP-ARID 9.1"
- SWING-MID 39°F
- COMF-TOP 77/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00298535
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Arkadelphia, AR (+ 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.
- State Univ (this station) 63°F
- Hot Caballo Dam, NM 63°F
- Near Arkadelphia, AR 63°F
- Near Atlanta, GA 63°F
- Near Bowie, AZ 63°F
Climate Living Index · State Univ
State Univ: 55/100 · grade C
State Univ publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for State Univ, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 77/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 63.2°F · 4.3° from 67.5°F | 87/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 246 days/year | 87/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 1.0 inches/year | 83/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 177 calendar days | 27/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 9.1 in · 25.9 from 35 in | 10/100 · F |
State Univ · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
State Univ's normals sit in a dry climate class: BWk
Annual precipitation falls well below the aridity threshold for this temperature regime, so the normals classify as cold desert (BWk). Class BWk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold desert.
- Köppen code
- BWk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 82.4°F
- Coldest month
- 43.9°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 · balanced station
Where State Univ sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for State Univ's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 17% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, State Univ sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 95%
- State Univ's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 71%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for State Univ is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How State Univ compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
State Univ's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
77 Top 30% score exceeds 70% 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%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
State Univ's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 133 complete annual observations from 1852 to 2025, STATE UNIV warmed at a fitted rate of 0.08°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- State Univ primary station fitted change +0.08 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F (15°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 0.5" | 0.4" | 22.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 64°F (18°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 0.4" | 0.1" | 12.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 71°F (22°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 3.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 79°F (26°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.2" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| May | 87°F (31°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 11.5 |
| June | 96°F (36°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 26.9 |
| July | 96°F (35°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 1.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 27.3 |
| August | 94°F (34°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 1.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 25.1 |
| September | 88°F (31°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 1.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 14.4 |
| October | 80°F (26°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.8" | 0.1" | 0.7 | 2.2 |
| November | 68°F (20°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 8.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 58°F (15°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 0.6" | 0.4" | 21.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
State Univ works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 97°F by June 21 and hold at or above 90°F on 109 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 68 dates, bottoming at 29°F around January 1.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 24 through September 9, covering 109 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 12 to November 10.
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 February 6, then returns to freezing around December 1, covering 68 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 31% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 5 at 5%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 47 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 3 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 34°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for State Univ.
Where State Univ Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 109 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 9 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
State Univ 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: 0.4"
3.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
2.5 days with precipitation
2.0 days with precipitation
1.6 days with precipitation
2.1 days with precipitation
3.2 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
5.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
4.0 days with precipitation
2.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
3.3 days with precipitation
State Univ runs a summer-peaked wet season
45% of State Univ'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 1.8", on a 38.5°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, September, taking 54% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: April at 0.2".
- Winter share: 16% 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.
State Univ is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 47 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 13% of the calendar, and they carry 9.1" between them. At roughly 0.19 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 9 wet days; the driest is April at about 2.
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.
Snow reaches State Univ, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 1.0 inches of snow a year here, most likely in January. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 1 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 13
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 12
50% probability date
Growing Season
246 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,675
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,059
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NM closest to State Univ 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 (63°F here).
- Arkadelphia, AR 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Atlanta, GA 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Bowie, AZ 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Gainesville, TX 63°F · 0.0°F off
Scarce-water calendar
Where State Univ's limited precipitation lands
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 9.1 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Annual snowfall totals 1.0 inches. The monthly distribution matters because the total alone does not reveal the timing.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in State Univ's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 38.5°F. The annual average is 63°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in State Univ's normal, at 2,675 and 2,059 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
State Univ has a long frost-free window of roughly 246 days, but the dry annual profile is a separate constraint. Growing-season length says when freezes are unlikely, not whether rainfall is sufficient.
State Univ wettest normal
July
July concentrates the scarce annual total (9.1 inches).
State Univ driest normal
April
April 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 State Univ's primary station: STATE UNIV (USC00298535). 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 State Univ; 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 State Univ 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.