Wolf Canyon, 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 Wolf Canyon's primary NOAA station, WOLF CANYON.
The climate verdict for Wolf Canyon
Wolf Canyon, New Mexico has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 42°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 42°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 22.6"
- annual precipitation · 111" snow
- 86 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Wolf Canyon: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00299820 · Wolf Canyon, NM 42°F mean · 22.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 42°F
- RANK-COOL #549
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ruxton Park
- PRCP-DRY 22.6"
- SWING-MID 37°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,567 HDD
- STN-1 USC00299820
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Ruxton Park, CO (+ 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.
- Wolf Canyon (this station) 42°F
- Hot Cripple Creek, CO 42°F
- Near Ruxton Park, CO 42°F
- Near Dutch Harbor, AK 42°F
- Cold Angel Fire, NM 41°F
Climate Living Index · Wolf Canyon
Wolf Canyon: 12/100 · grade F
Wolf Canyon publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Wolf Canyon, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 22.6 in · 12.4 from 35 in | 56/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 41.5°F · 26.0° from 67.5°F | 8/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 86 days/year | 0/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 241 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 111.3 inches/year | 0/100 · F |
Wolf Canyon · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Wolf Canyon is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 23.7°F and warmest-month mean 60.4°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 60.4°F
- Coldest month
- 23.7°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 Wolf Canyon sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Wolf Canyon's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 92%
- Among 6,861 stations, Wolf Canyon sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 31st percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 78%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Wolf Canyon is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Wolf Canyon compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Wolf Canyon's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 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
Wolf Canyon's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 98 complete annual observations from 1912 to 2025, WOLF CANYON warmed at a fitted rate of 0.12°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Wolf Canyon primary station fitted change +0.12 °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 | 38°F (3°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 1.9" | 22.8" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 40°F (5°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 1.7" | 20.1" | 27.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 48°F (9°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 1.7" | 16.8" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 56°F (13°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 1.3" | 11.9" | 28.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 65°F (18°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 1.1" | 2.2" | 22.5 | 0.0 |
| June | 75°F (24°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 0.9" | 0.1" | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| July | 77°F (25°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| August | 75°F (24°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| September | 69°F (21°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 2.1" | 0.2" | 9.4 | 0.0 |
| October | 59°F (15°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.8" | 3.5" | 25.9 | 0.0 |
| November | 47°F (8°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 1.5" | 11.4" | 29.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 38°F (3°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 1.9" | 22.3" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 78°F around June 30, short of 90°F on every date, while 241 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 9°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 26, then returns to freezing around September 29, covering 241 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 28, when 46% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 3 at 14%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 86 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 12 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 Wolf Canyon.
Where Wolf Canyon Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 241 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone 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.
Wolf Canyon 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: 22.8"
6.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 20.1"
6.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 16.8"
6.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.9"
4.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.2"
5.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
4.4 days with precipitation
13.2 days with precipitation
12.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
8.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.5"
6.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.4"
4.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 22.3"
7.1 days with precipitation
Wolf Canyon spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 34% of the annual total and December through February 24%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Wolf Canyon has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 36.7°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 3.4" and June 0.9". The three wettest months together take 39% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
How Wolf Canyon's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 86 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 22.6" between them, or roughly 0.26 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.
Winter brings real snow to Wolf Canyon
Wolf Canyon averages 111.3 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 35 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: 111.3 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 35 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 49% 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
September 13
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
June 19
50% probability date
Growing Season
86 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,567
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NM closest to Wolf Canyon 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 (42°F here).
- Forman, ND 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Gloversville, NY 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Hebron, ND 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Ladysmith, WI 42°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (22.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Ness City, KS 22.6" · 0.0" off
- Lipscomb, TX 22.6" · 0.0" off
- Cottonwood, ID 22.6" · 0.0" off
- Monument, CO 22.5" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Wolf Canyon
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Wolf Canyon's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,567 annual heating degree days against 3 for cooling. Its 36.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 86 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. Wolf Canyon coldest normal
January
Averaging 24°F (-5°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Wolf Canyon typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Wolf Canyon snow peak
January
Wolf Canyon averages 111.3 inches of snow a year, with January 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 Wolf Canyon's primary station: WOLF CANYON (USC00299820). 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 Wolf Canyon; 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 Wolf Canyon 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.