Torreon Navajo Mission, NM Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Torreon Navajo Mission's primary NOAA station, TORREON NAVAJO MISSION.
The climate verdict for Torreon Navajo Mission
Dryness leads the climate profile for Torreon Navajo Mission, New Mexico, with 10.1 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 52°F. At 54/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 52°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 54/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 10.1"
- annual precipitation · 18" snow
- 143 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Torreon Navajo Mission: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00299031 · Torreon Navajo Mission, NM 52°F mean · 10.1" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 52°F
- RANK-MID #3,225
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rowlesburg
- PRCP-ARID 10.1"
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-LOW 54/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,565 HDD
- STN-1 USC00299031
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Rowlesburg, WV (+ 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.
- Torreon Navajo… (this station) 52°F
- Hot New Harmony, UT 52°F
- Near Rowlesburg, WV 52°F
- Near Jackson, OH 52°F
- Near Wardensville R…, WV 52°F
Climate Living Index · Torreon Navajo Mission
Torreon Navajo Mission: 29/100 · grade F
Torreon Navajo Mission publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Torreon Navajo Mission, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 54/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 18.2 inches/year | 51/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 51.5°F · 16.0° from 67.5°F | 47/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 143 days/year | 20/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 195 calendar days | 17/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 10.1 in · 24.9 from 35 in | 12/100 · F |
Torreon Navajo Mission · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Torreon Navajo Mission'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
- 73.3°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 Torreon Navajo Mission sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Torreon Navajo Mission's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 47th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 93%
- Torreon Navajo Mission's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 48th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Torreon Navajo Mission compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Torreon Navajo Mission's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
54 31st percentile score exceeds 31% 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
Torreon Navajo Mission's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 45 complete annual observations from 1962 to 2019, TORREON NAVAJO MISSION warmed at a fitted rate of 0.28°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Torreon Navajo Mission primary station fitted change +0.28 °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 | 44°F (7°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.4" | 4.0" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 50°F (10°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 0.5" | 3.0" | 26.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 60°F (15°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 0.6" | 2.2" | 24.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 0.7" | 1.0" | 14.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 77°F (25°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 0.7" | 0.1" | 3.4 | 0.8 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 12.2 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 1.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 17.2 |
| August | 87°F (31°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 1.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| October | 69°F (21°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 0.9" | 0.9" | 9.6 | 0.0 |
| November | 55°F (13°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 0.5" | 1.5" | 25.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 44°F (7°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 0.6" | 5.5" | 30.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Torreon Navajo Mission works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 91°F by July 4 and hold at or above 90°F on 22 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 173 dates, bottoming at 15°F around January 1.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 26 through July 17, covering 22 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 27 to October 13.
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 April 14, then returns to freezing around October 25, covering 173 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 29% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 5 at 10%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 56 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 8 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 39°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Torreon Navajo Mission.
Where Torreon Navajo Mission Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 10 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 39°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Torreon Navajo Mission 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: 4.0"
3.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.0"
4.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.2"
4.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.0"
3.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
3.7 days with precipitation
2.7 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.9"
4.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.5"
3.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.5"
4.3 days with precipitation
Torreon Navajo Mission runs a summer-peaked wet season
39% of Torreon Navajo Mission'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 August at 1.8", on a 42.9°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: August, July, September, taking 46% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.4".
- Winter share: 15% 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.
Torreon Navajo Mission is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 56 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 15% of the calendar, and they carry 10.1" between them. At roughly 0.18 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 August at about 9 wet days; the driest is June at about 3.
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.
Winter brings real snow to Torreon Navajo Mission
Torreon Navajo Mission averages 18.2 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 10 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: 18.2 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 10 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 18% 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
October 5
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
143 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,565
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
661
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NM closest to Torreon Navajo Mission 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 (52°F here).
- Baileyville, KS 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Bluefield, WV 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Caldwell, OH 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Centralia, WA 52°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (10.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Shell, WY 10.1" · 0.0" off
- Dillon, MT 10.1" · 0.0" off
- Koosharem, UT 10.1" · 0.0" off
- Lind, WA 10.1" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Torreon Navajo Mission
heating led · dry · mid swing
Torreon Navajo Mission's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,565 annual heating degree days against 661 for cooling. Its 42.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 143 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. Torreon Navajo Mission coldest normal
January
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. Torreon Navajo Mission typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Torreon Navajo Mission snow peak
December
Torreon Navajo Mission averages 18.2 inches of snow a year, with December 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 Torreon Navajo Mission's primary station: TORREON NAVAJO MISSION (USC00299031). 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 Torreon Navajo Mission; 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 Torreon Navajo Mission 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.