Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt, NM Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt's primary NOAA station, WASTE ISOLT'N PILOT PLT.
The climate verdict for Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt
Dryness leads the climate profile for Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt, New Mexico, with 13.1 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 64°F. It scores 83/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 81% of them.
- 64°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 83/100
- comfort score, above 81% of station-mapped location scores
- 13.1"
- precipitation, annual total
- 210 days
- frost-free growing season
Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00299569 · Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt, NM 64°F mean · 13.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 64°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,832
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Balmorhea
- PRCP-DRY 13.1"
- SWING-MID 39°F
- COMF-TOP 83/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00299569
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Balmorhea, TX (+ 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.
- Waste Isolt'n P… (this station) 64°F
- Hot Eden, TX 64°F
- Near Balmorhea, TX 64°F
- Near Birmingham, AL 64°F
- Near Blackville, SC 64°F
Climate Living Index · Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt
Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt: 54/100 · grade D
Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 83/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 63.9°F · 3.6° from 67.5°F | 89/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.2 inches/year | 89/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 210 days/year | 71/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 13.1 in · 21.9 from 35 in | 22/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 191 calendar days | 19/100 · F |
Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt'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
- 82.9°F
- Coldest month
- 44.1°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 Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 15% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 87%
- Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 31st percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
83 Top 19% score exceeds 81% 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%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60°F (16°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 21.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 65°F (18°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 12.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 74°F (23°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 5.6 | 0.7 |
| April | 81°F (27°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 1.3 | 6.3 |
| May | 90°F (32°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 18.2 |
| June | 97°F (36°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 26.8 |
| July | 97°F (36°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 28.4 |
| August | 95°F (35°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 27.6 |
| September | 89°F (32°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 2.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 16.3 |
| October | 80°F (27°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 1.1 | 5.9 |
| November | 68°F (20°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 9.1 | 0.1 |
| December | 60°F (15°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 0.7" | 0.2" | 19.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 98°F by June 18 and hold at or above 90°F on 116 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 75 dates, bottoming at 27°F around January 1.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 18 through September 10, covering 116 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 6 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 12, then returns to freezing around November 30, covering 75 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 September 10, when 20% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 9 at 8%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 49 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 2 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 Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt.
Where Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 116 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 13 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt 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
3.2 days with precipitation
3.0 days with precipitation
3.0 days with precipitation
2.3 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
4.7 days with precipitation
6.2 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
4.7 days with precipitation
3.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
3.4 days with precipitation
Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt runs a summer-peaked wet season
42% of Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt'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 September at 2.3", on a 38.8°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: September, July, August, taking 47% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.4".
- Winter share: 12% 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 Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 49 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 13.1" between them, or roughly 0.27 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.
Snow reaches Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.2 inches of snow a year here, most likely in December. 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 0 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 2
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 6
50% probability date
Growing Season
210 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,645
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,288
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NM closest to Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt 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 (64°F here).
- Balmorhea, TX 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Birmingham, AL 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Blackville, SC 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Eden, TX 64°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (13.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Dayville, OR 13.1" · 0.0" off
- Cedarville, CA 13.1" · 0.0" off
- Hatch, UT 13.2" · 0.0" off
- Harlowton, MT 13.2" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt's limited precipitation lands
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 13.1 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The monthly distribution matters because the total alone does not reveal the timing.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 38.8°F. The annual average is 64°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt's normal, at 2,645 and 2,288 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 210-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.
Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt wettest normal
September
September concentrates the scarce annual total (13.1 inches).
Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt driest normal
January
January 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 Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt's primary station: WASTE ISOLT'N PILOT PLT (USC00299569). 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 Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt; 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 Waste Isolt'n Pilot Plt 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.