Truth OR Consequences, NM Climate: Temperature & Rain 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 Truth OR Consequences's primary NOAA station, TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.
The climate verdict for Truth OR Consequences
Dryness leads the climate profile for Truth OR Consequences, New Mexico, with 10.0 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 63°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 63°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 10.0"
- annual precipitation
- 220 days
- frost-free growing season
Truth OR Consequences: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00299128 · Truth OR Consequences, NM 63°F mean · 10.0" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 63°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,626
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alpine
- PRCP-ARID 10.0"
- SWING-MID 40°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00299128
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Alpine, CA (+ 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.
- Truth OR Conseq… (this station) 63°F
- Hot Bishopville, SC 63°F
- Near Alpine, CA 63°F
- Near Athens, AL 63°F
- Near Benton, AR 63°F
Climate Living Index · Truth OR Consequences
Truth OR Consequences: 45/100 · grade D
Truth OR Consequences publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Truth OR Consequences, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 62.6°F · 4.9° from 67.5°F | 85/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 220 days/year | 77/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 201 calendar days | 13/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 10.0 in · 25.0 from 35 in | 12/100 · F |
Truth OR Consequences · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Truth OR Consequences'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
- 82.3°F
- Coldest month
- 42.5°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 Truth OR Consequences sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Truth OR Consequences's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 18% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Truth OR Consequences sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 94%
- Truth OR Consequences's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 35th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Truth OR Consequences compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Truth OR Consequences's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | 58°F (15°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 0.4" | 25.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 64°F (18°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 0.4" | 15.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 71°F (22°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 0.3" | 6.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 79°F (26°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.2" | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| May | 88°F (31°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 0.3" | 0.0 | 10.8 |
| June | 97°F (36°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 0.7" | 0.0 | 26.4 |
| July | 97°F (36°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 2.2" | 0.0 | 26.9 |
| August | 95°F (35°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 1.9" | 0.0 | 24.7 |
| September | 89°F (32°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 1.7" | 0.0 | 13.8 |
| October | 79°F (26°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.9" | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| November | 67°F (20°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 0.5" | 11.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 57°F (14°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 0.6" | 23.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Truth OR Consequences works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 99°F by June 24 and hold at or above 90°F on 114 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 87 dates, bottoming at 27°F around December 25.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 23 through September 13, covering 114 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 14 to November 9.
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 17, then returns to freezing around November 23, covering 87 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 28% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 20 at 4%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 42 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 10 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 Truth OR Consequences.
Where Truth OR Consequences Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 114 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 10 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Truth OR Consequences earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
2.4 days with precipitation
2.8 days with precipitation
2.0 days with precipitation
1.2 days with precipitation
2.5 days with precipitation
2.5 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
5.2 days with precipitation
3.6 days with precipitation
2.1 days with precipitation
2.4 days with precipitation
Truth OR Consequences runs a summer-peaked wet season
47% of Truth OR Consequences'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 2.2", on a 39.8°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 58% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: April at 0.2".
- Winter share: 13% 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.
How Truth OR Consequences's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 42 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 10.0" between them, or roughly 0.24 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 5
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 30
50% probability date
Growing Season
220 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,885
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,041
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NM closest to Truth OR Consequences 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).
- Alpine, CA 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Athens, AL 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Benton, AR 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Bishopville, SC 63°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (10.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Chino, CA 10.0" · 0.0" off
- Vale, OR 10.0" · 0.0" off
- Picacho, AZ 9.9" · 0.0" off
- Buena Vista, CO 9.9" · 0.1" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Truth OR Consequences's limited precipitation lands
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 10.0 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. 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 Truth OR Consequences's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 39.8°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 Truth OR Consequences's normal, at 2,885 and 2,041 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.
A roughly 220-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.
Truth OR Consequences wettest normal
July
July concentrates the scarce annual total (10.0 inches).
Truth OR Consequences 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 Truth OR Consequences's primary station: TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES (USC00299128). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 3579840). Match rule for Truth OR Consequences: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Truth OR Consequences 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.