CARLSBAD CAVERNS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Temperature

Station:(291480) CARLSBAD CAVERNS
From Year=1930 To Year=2012
Monthly Averages Daily Extremes Monthly Extremes Max. Temp. Min. Temp.
Max. Min. Mean High Date Low Date Highest
Mean
Year Lowest
Mean
Year >=
90 F
<=
32 F
<=
32 F
<=
0 F
F F F F dd/yyyy
or
yyyymmdd
F dd/yyyy
or
yyyymmdd
F - F - # Days # Days # Days # Days
January 56.3 33.6 44.9 81 21/1950 -4 11/1962 54.5 1953 35.2 1949 0.0 1.4 13.5 0.1
February 60.2 36.4 48.2 84 26/1989 -4 03/2011 56.3 1957 41.6 1978 0.0 0.8 9.3 0.0
March 67.1 42.1 54.6 90 12/1989 10 11/1948 63.4 2011 45.0 1969 0.0 0.2 5.0 0.0
April 75.6 49.9 62.7 96 26/2012 21 08/1983 71.0 2011 55.2 1997 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
May 83.4 57.9 70.6 106 25/2000 34 03/1978 79.0 1996 65.5 1976 6.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
June 91.1 64.9 78.0 110 28/1994 41 24/1964 86.8 2011 71.4 1986 19.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
July 90.8 66.6 78.7 106 08/1951 46 04/1983 84.1 2011 71.3 1975 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
August 89.5 65.9 77.7 105 21/2007 52 29/1988 84.8 2011 71.1 1971 17.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
September 83.2 60.4 71.9 100 06/1948 34 23/1995 77.5 1977 62.7 1974 6.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
October 74.9 52.2 63.5 97 02/2000 15 31/1991 69.3 1950 56.1 1976 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.0
November 64.7 42.0 53.3 87 06/2007 8 28/1976 60.5 1949 45.3 1972 0.0 0.2 5.1 0.0
December 57.5 35.2 46.3 82 03/2008 2 25/1983 52.3 1950 38.7 1989 0.0 1.2 11.9 0.0
Annual 74.5 50.6 62.5 110 19940628 -4 19620111 66.1 2011 59.9 1979 72.4 3.7 46.0 0.1
Winter 58.0 35.1 46.4 84 19890226 -4 19620111 52.1 1950 41.1 1979 0.0 3.3 34.7 0.1
Spring 75.3 49.9 62.7 106 20000525 10 19480311 69.3 2011 57.8 1987 8.0 0.2 6.0 0.0
Summer 90.5 65.8 78.1 110 19940628 41 19640624 85.2 2011 74.6 1979 56.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fall 74.3 51.6 62.9 100 19480906 8 19761128 66.5 1954 56.7 1976 7.7 0.2 5.4 0.0
Table updated on Oct 31, 2012
For monthly and annual means, thresholds, and sums:
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered
Seasons are climatological not calendar seasons
Winter = Dec., Jan., and Feb. Spring = Mar., Apr., and May
Summer = Jun., Jul., and Aug. Fall = Sep., Oct., and Nov.


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