Wolf Canyon, New Mexico climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Wolf Canyon's normal year runs from 9°F January nights to 77°F July afternoons, with 22.6 inches of precipitation and 111 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 5.3°C, January lows of −13°C, July highs of 25°C, 574 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWolf Canyon
- Station IDUSC00299820
- Location35.95°N 106.75°W
- Elevation8,220 ft (2,506 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Wolf Canyon is 56°F and the normal low 25°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 19%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Wolf Canyon.
- Jan 38° 9°
- Feb 40° 13°
- Mar 48° 19°
- Apr 56° 24°
- May 65° 30°
- Jun 75° 37°
- Jul 77° 44°
- Aug 75° 43°
- Sep 69° 36°
- Oct 59° 27°
- Nov 47° 18°
- Dec 38° 10°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Wolf Canyon each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 77°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 9°F. The most precipitation falls in July (3.35 in), the least in June (0.90 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38°F | 9°F | 23.7°F | 1.89 | 22.8 | 7 | <1 | 31 | 10 h |
| February | 40°F | 13°F | 26.4°F | 1.67 | 20.1 | 7 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 48°F | 19°F | 33.3°F | 1.66 | 16.8 | 6 | <1 | 31 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 56°F | 24°F | 39.9°F | 1.33 | 11.9 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 13 h |
| May | 65°F | 30°F | 47.3°F | 1.15 | 2.2 | 5 | <1 | 23 | 14 h |
| June | 75°F | 37°F | 56.1°F | 0.90 | 0.1 | 4 | <1 | 6 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 77°F | 44°F | 60.4°F | 3.35 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | 1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 75°F | 43°F | 58.8°F | 3.35 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 69°F | 36°F | 52.6°F | 2.12 | 0.2 | 8 | <1 | 9 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 59°F | 27°F | 42.8°F | 1.75 | 3.5 | 6 | <1 | 26 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 47°F | 18°F | 32.1°F | 1.51 | 11.4 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 38°F | 10°F | 24.1°F | 1.90 | 22.3 | 7 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 57°F | 26°F | 41.5°F | 22.58 | 111.3 | 86 | <1 | 243 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | −13°C | −4.6°C | 48 mm | 58 cm |
| February | 5°C | −11°C | −3.1°C | 42 mm | 51 cm |
| March | 9°C | −7°C | 0.7°C | 42 mm | 43 cm |
| April | 13°C | −4°C | 4.4°C | 34 mm | 30 cm |
| May | 18°C | −1°C | 8.5°C | 29 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 24°C | 3°C | 13.4°C | 23 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25°C | 7°C | 15.8°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24°C | 6°C | 14.9°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21°C | 2°C | 11.4°C | 54 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 15°C | −3°C | 6.0°C | 44 mm | 9 cm |
| November | 8°C | −8°C | 0.1°C | 38 mm | 29 cm |
| December | 3°C | −12°C | −4.4°C | 48 mm | 57 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00299820; 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.
Which months are mildest at Wolf Canyon?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July, August and September. Of those, June 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 USC00299820.
When is the last frost at Wolf Canyon?
In Wolf Canyon, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after June 19 in half of years and after July 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 13 in half of years and before August 30 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
- June 191 year in 10 after July 6; 9 in 10 after June 5
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 131 year in 10 before August 30; 9 in 10 before September 25
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 83 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 109 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after June 4 in half of springs and before September 23 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wolf Canyon in zone 6b in ZIP code 87025, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −14°F (22 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 USC00299820; 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 at Wolf Canyon?
In a normal year in Wolf Canyon, a 90°F day is rare, 243 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 86 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 243a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 27high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 86a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 33a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1912) is 99°F, on July 10, 1939; the lowest is −38°F, on January 22, 1937.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1941, with 39.00 in; the snowiest season is 1972–73, with 221.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00299820; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00299820. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Wolf Canyon?
Over a year 86% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Wolf Canyon, 5.5 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (90%) and December the cloudiest (81%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 83% | 3.2 |
| February | 82% | 4.1 |
| March | 85% | 5.6 |
| April | 85% | 6.8 |
| May | 87% | 7.7 |
| June | 90% | 8.1 |
| July | 85% | 7.2 |
| August | 86% | 6.6 |
| September | 87% | 5.8 |
| October | 88% | 4.7 |
| November | 86% | 3.5 |
| December | 81% | 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Wolf Canyon record?
A normal year at Wolf Canyon brings 8,567 heating degree days, 59% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3 cooling degree days, 100% fewer than the median (908). Nine months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 941 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,279 | 0 |
| February | 1,081 | 0 |
| March | 983 | 0 |
| April | 753 | 0 |
| May | 549 | 0 |
| June | 268 | 1 |
| July | 146 | 2 |
| August | 193 | 0 |
| September | 371 | 0 |
| October | 690 | 0 |
| November | 987 | 0 |
| December | 1,269 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 8,567 | 3 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00299820. 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.
Have recent years at Wolf Canyon been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 44.0°F, 2.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 41.5°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 42.6°F | +1.1°F | 21.48 | 108.5 |
| 2022 | 41.8°F | +0.3°F | 24.36 | 95.2 |
| 2023 | 41.5°F | at normal | 24.67 | 176.0 |
| 2024 | 43.2°F | +1.7°F | 25.46 | 171.0 |
| 2025 | 44.0°F | +2.5°F | 20.37 | 83.0 |
Over 98 complete years from 1912 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.2°F per century (+0.12°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00299820; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Wolf Canyon's climate compare?
Wolf Canyon is warmer than 2 of the 98 places with their own NOAA record in New Mexico, and wetter than 94. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 41.5°F is warmer than 8%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Wolf Canyon is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm summer. 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.
Questions about Wolf Canyon's climate
What is the coldest month at Wolf Canyon?
January, with a normal high of 38°F and a normal low of 9°F. The warmest is July (77°F by day, 44°F at night).
Does it snow at Wolf Canyon?
Yes: 111 inches in a normal year, falling on 35 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (22.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Wolf Canyon?
July, with 3.35 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.90 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Wolf Canyon in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Wolf Canyon in zone 6b in ZIP code 87025, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −14°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come at Wolf Canyon?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after June 19; in one year in ten it comes after July 6. Waiting until July 6 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
- Jemez Springs, NM12 miles from this station, 52.1°F a year
- Cuba, NM13 miles from this station, 48.7°F a year
- Johnson Ranch, NM19 miles from this station, 48.1°F a year
- Los Alamos, NM24 miles from this station, 49.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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