COLUMBUS, NEW MEXICO

NCDC 1961-1990 Monthly Normals

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Mean Max. Temperature (F) 58.2 63.9 70.9 79.3 87.5 96.2 95.6 92.7 87.4 78.9 67.2 58.5 78.0
Highest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 64.4 68.3 77.4 87.0 92.8 101.7 100.5 97.4 93.5 85.9 73.0 64.5 80.3
Year Highest Occurred 1986 1976 1967 1989 1989 1980 1980 1977 1977 1979 1965 1977 1989
Lowest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 52.5 57.6 65.2 69.6 84.0 92.9 91.5 87.8 83.4 71.7 61.0 52.8 76.5
Year Lowest Occurred 1985 1966 1968 1983 1972 1984 1968 1990 1978 1971 1961 1982 1968
Mean Temperature (F) 43.2 47.9 54.2 62.0 70.1 79.2 81.1 78.5 72.9 62.8 51.6 43.8 62.3
Highest Mean Temperature (F) 47.7 52.6 59.9 70.0 76.4 85.9 85.5 82.5 77.5 68.1 56.0 49.0 65.0
Year Highest Occurred 1986 1986 1989 1989 1984 1990 1980 1977 1983 1987 1965 1981 1989
Lowest Mean Temperature (F) 38.0 41.4 49.1 55.3 66.1 74.3 77.8 74.4 70.0 56.4 45.4 39.8 60.2
Year Lowest Occurred 1964 1964 1962 1983 1972 1965 1968 1968 1976 1976 1976 1976 1968
Mean Min. Temperature (F) 28.2 31.8 37.5 44.5 52.7 62.1 66.6 64.3 58.3 46.7 35.9 29.1 46.5
Highest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 34.0 38.2 42.8 53.0 61.0 70.3 70.5 67.8 64.2 52.9 40.5 34.8 49.7
Year Highest Occurred 1981 1986 1989 1989 1984 1990 1980 1983 1983 1987 1978 1984 1989
Lowest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 19.2 22.5 31.2 38.1 47.9 55.7 63.9 59.2 52.8 38.1 28.9 22.6 43.6
Year Lowest Occurred 1964 1964 1969 1973 1967 1965 1976 1968 1968 1970 1976 1968 1973
Mean Precipitation (in.) 0.46 0.40 0.27 0.23 0.21 0.30 2.07 1.87 1.74 0.90 0.68 0.78 9.91
Highest Precipitation (in.) 1.67 1.98 1.32 1.73 1.15 1.80 4.69 5.19 4.45 3.07 3.80 3.69 15.58
Year Highest Occurred 1985 1973 1968 1981 1967 1986 1970 1984 1964 1984 1961 1982 1984
Lowest Precipitation (in.) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.20 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.37
Year Lowest Occurred 1970 1984 1979 1989 1983 1989 1980 1975 1968 1979 1965 1976 1965
Heating Degree Days (F) 676. 479. 343. 150. 22. 0. 0. 0. 0. 121. 402. 657. 2850.
Cooling Degree Days (F) 0. 0. 8. 60. 181. 426. 499. 419. 240. 53. 0. 0. 1886.

Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu