CARLSBAD CAVERNS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Temperature

Station:(291480) CARLSBAD CAVERNS
From Year=1930 To Year=2006
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 56.4 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 60.3 36.5 48.3 84 26/1989 1 01/1951 56.3 1957 41.6 1978 0.0 0.8 9.3 0.0
March 66.7 41.8 54.3 90 12/1989 10 11/1948 62.5 1967 45.0 1969 0.0 0.2 5.1 0.0
April 75.4 49.6 62.5 95 22/1989 21 08/1983 68.1 1948 55.2 1997 0.9 0.0 1.0 0.0
May 83.4 57.7 70.6 106 25/2000 34 03/1978 79.0 1996 65.5 1976 6.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
June 90.7 64.4 77.6 110 28/1994 41 24/1964 83.8 1994 71.4 1986 18.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
July 90.9 66.4 78.7 106 08/1951 46 04/1983 83.4 1951 71.3 1975 20.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
August 89.3 65.7 77.4 103 08/1951 52 29/1988 83.6 1952 71.1 1971 17.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
September 83.4 60.4 71.9 100 06/1948 34 23/1995 77.5 1977 62.7 1974 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
October 74.8 52.2 63.5 97 02/2000 15 31/1991 69.3 1950 56.1 1976 0.9 0.0 0.3 0.0
November 64.4 41.8 53.0 86 01/1950 8 28/1976 60.5 1949 45.3 1972 0.0 0.2 5.4 0.0
December 57.7 35.3 46.5 81 08/1958 2 25/1983 52.3 1950 38.7 1989 0.0 1.1 11.8 0.0
Annual 74.5 50.4 62.4 110 19940628 -4 19620111 65.6 1950 59.9 1979 71.7 3.6 46.4 0.1
Winter 58.1 35.1 46.5 84 19890226 -4 19620111 52.1 1950 41.1 1979 0.0 3.3 34.6 0.1
Spring 75.2 49.7 62.5 106 20000525 10 19480311 67.3 1967 57.8 1987 7.6 0.2 6.2 0.0
Summer 90.3 65.5 77.9 110 19940628 41 19640624 81.9 1994 74.6 1979 56.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fall 74.2 51.4 62.8 100 19480906 8 19761128 66.5 1954 56.7 1976 8.0 0.2 5.6 0.0
Table updated on Jul 28, 2006
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.


Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu