Torreon, New Mexico climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Torreon's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 10.1 inches of precipitation and 18 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.8°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 32°C, 257 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationTorreon Navajo Mission
- Station IDUSC00299031
- Location35.80°N 107.18°W
- Elevation6,700 ft (2,042 m)
- Population (census place)594
On October 14, the normal high in Torreon is 70°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 14%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Torreon.
- Jan 44° 17°
- Feb 50° 21°
- Mar 60° 26°
- Apr 68° 32°
- May 77° 41°
- Jun 88° 50°
- Jul 90° 57°
- Aug 87° 55°
- Sep 81° 48°
- Oct 69° 35°
- Nov 55° 25°
- Dec 44° 17°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Torreon each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in August (1.78 in), the least in January (0.42 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44°F | 17°F | 30.4°F | 0.42 | 4.0 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 10 h |
| February | 50°F | 21°F | 35.5°F | 0.47 | 3.0 | 4 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 60°F | 26°F | 43.0°F | 0.63 | 2.2 | 4 | <1 | 25 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 32°F | 50.0°F | 0.68 | 1.0 | 4 | <1 | 15 | 13 h |
| May | 77°F | 41°F | 58.8°F | 0.72 | 0.1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 h |
| June | 88°F | 50°F | 68.7°F | 0.51 | 0.0 | 3 | 12 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 90°F | 57°F | 73.3°F | 1.69 | 0.0 | 8 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 87°F | 55°F | 71.1°F | 1.78 | 0.0 | 9 | 10 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 81°F | 48°F | 64.2°F | 1.15 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 69°F | 35°F | 52.2°F | 0.91 | 0.9 | 4 | <1 | 10 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 55°F | 25°F | 39.8°F | 0.54 | 1.5 | 3 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 44°F | 17°F | 30.5°F | 0.60 | 5.5 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 68°F | 35°F | 51.5°F | 10.10 | 18.2 | 56 | 42 | 165 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | −8°C | −0.9°C | 11 mm | 10 cm |
| February | 10°C | −6°C | 1.9°C | 12 mm | 8 cm |
| March | 15°C | −3°C | 6.1°C | 16 mm | 6 cm |
| April | 20°C | 0°C | 10.0°C | 17 mm | 3 cm |
| May | 25°C | 5°C | 14.9°C | 18 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 10°C | 20.4°C | 13 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 14°C | 22.9°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 13°C | 21.7°C | 45 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 9°C | 17.9°C | 29 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 2°C | 11.2°C | 23 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 13°C | −4°C | 4.3°C | 14 mm | 4 cm |
| December | 7°C | −8°C | −0.8°C | 15 mm | 14 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00299031; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Torreon?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (4).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00299031.
When is the last frost in Torreon?
In Torreon, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 15 in half of years and after June 2 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 5 in half of years and before September 23 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 151 year in 10 after June 2; 9 in 10 after April 30
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 51 year in 10 before September 23; 9 in 10 before October 20
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 143 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 164 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 1 in half of springs and before October 15 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Torreon in zone 6a in ZIP code 87013, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Torreon's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (25 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in New Mexico · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00299031; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Torreon?
In a normal year in Torreon, 42 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 165 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 56 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 42a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 165a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 7high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 56a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 7a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1961) is 107°F, on August 9, 1962; the lowest is −33°F, on January 6, 1971.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1997, with 14.93 in; the snowiest season is 1974–75, with 52.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00299031; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00299031. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Torreon?
Over a year 86% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Torreon, 5.5 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (90%) and December the cloudiest (80%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 81% | 3.2 |
| February | 81% | 4.1 |
| March | 85% | 5.6 |
| April | 86% | 6.9 |
| May | 87% | 7.7 |
| June | 90% | 8.1 |
| July | 84% | 7.2 |
| August | 84% | 6.6 |
| September | 87% | 5.8 |
| October | 89% | 4.8 |
| November | 86% | 3.5 |
| December | 80% | 2.8 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Torreon need?
A normal year in Torreon brings 5,565 heating degree days, 4% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 661 cooling degree days, 27% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,883 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,071 | 0 |
| February | 825 | 0 |
| March | 681 | 0 |
| April | 449 | 0 |
| May | 209 | 17 |
| June | 25 | 138 |
| July | 1 | 258 |
| August | 4 | 194 |
| September | 77 | 53 |
| October | 397 | 1 |
| November | 756 | 0 |
| December | 1,071 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,565 | 661 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00299031. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Torreon been warmer than normal lately?
Over 45 complete years from 1962 to 2019, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.1°F per century (+0.28°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Torreon's climate compare?
Torreon is warmer than 34 of the other 97 places with their own NOAA record in New Mexico, and wetter than 16. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.5°F is warmer than 47%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Torreon is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Torreon share this climate record?
San Luis has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- San Luis, NM0 people · 10 mi SE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Torreon's climate
What is the coldest month in Torreon?
January, with a normal high of 44°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 57°F at night).
Does it snow in Torreon?
Yes: 18 inches in a normal year, falling on 10 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (5.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Torreon?
August, with 1.78 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.42 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Torreon in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Torreon in zone 6a in ZIP code 87013, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Torreon's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Torreon?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 15; in one year in ten it comes after June 2. Waiting until June 2 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- New Mexico climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Johnson Ranch, NM12 miles from this station, 48.1°F a year
- Cuba, NM18 miles from this station, 48.7°F a year
- Star Lake, NM18 miles from this station, 48.1°F a year
- Wolf Canyon, NM26 miles from this station, 41.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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