ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO
NORMALS, MEANS, AND EXTREMES

LATITUDE: 33 Deg. 18 Min. N LONGITUDE: 104 Deg. 32 Min. W ELEVATION: FT. GRND 3649 BARO 3653 TIME ZONE: MOUNTAIN WBAN: 23009

(a)
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
YEAR
TEMPERATURE (Deg. F)
Normals
-Daily Maximum
-Daily Minimum
-Monthly
Extremes
-Record Highest
-Year
-Record Lowest
-Year






23

23



54.3
24.7
39.5

82
1975
-9
1979


59.9
29.1
44.5

11
1989
3
1985


67.8
36.3
52.1

93
1989
14
1987


76.7
45.3
61.0

19
1989
23
1973


84.7
54.7
69.7

104
1989
34
1975


93.6
62.1
77.9

114
1994
47
1992


94.6
66.7
80.7

111
1995
59
1988


91.9
64.9
78.4

106
1994
54
1990


86.0
59.2
72.6

103
1995
41
1995


77.3
47.1
62.2

96
1993
14
1991


66.0
35.1
50.6

87
1988
4
1976


56.0
25.6
40.8

81
1981
-8
1978


75.7
45.9
60.8

114
JUN 1994
-9
JAN 1979
NORMAL DEGREE DAYS
Heating (base 65 Deg. F)
Cooling (base 65 Deg. F)




791
0

574
0

409
9

162
42

19
165

0
387

0
487

0
415

8
236

122
35

432
0

750
0

3267
1776
% OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE
7
60
68
75
77
80
83
77
73
72
77
73
71
74
MEAN SKY COVER(tenths)
Sunrise - Sunset
MEAN NUMBER OF DAYS:
Sunrise to Sunset
-Clear
-Partly Cloudy
-Cloudy
Precipitation
.01 inches or more
Snow, Ice Pellets, Hail
1.0 inches or more
Thunderstorms
Heavy Fog Visibility
1/4 mile or less
Temperature Deg. F
-Maximum
90 Deg. F and above
32 Deg. F and below
-Minimum
32 Deg. F and below
0 Deg. F and below

9


9
9
9

23

23
23

23


23
23

23
23

5.3


11.3
8.8
10.9

4.6

0.9
0.2

3.4


0.0
2.0

25.3
0.2

4.7


12.1
7.8
8.3

3.4

0.9
0.2

2.5


0.0
0.8

16.7
0.0

4.4


14.2
9.1
7.7

2.8

0.3
0.6

0.5


0.1
0.1

7.0
0.0

4.2


14.3
8.9
6.8

3.1

0.2
2.2

0.2


1.2
0.0

1.7
0.0

4.3


13.4
11.8
5.8

4.9

0.0
4.9

0.4


8.4
0.0

0.0
0.0

3.5


17.2
9.9
2.9

4.9

0.*
6.7

0.2


21.6
0.0

0.0
0.0

4.6


11.1
14.7
5.2

6.5

0.0
7.3

0.2


25.0
0.0

0.0
0.0

4.5


12.8
12.2
6.0

8.4

0.0
8.1

0.2


22.0
0.0

0.0
0.0

4.8


12.8
7.9
9.3

7.0

0.*
4.8

0.9


9.5
0.0

0.0
0.0

3.6


18.1
5.9
7.0

3.9

0.1
1.7

1.7


1.6
0.0

1.0
0.0

3.9


15.8
7.1
7.1

2.8

0.4
0.5

2.2


0.0
0.3

12.1
0.0

4.2


14.9
9.0
7.1

3.8

0.9
0.1

2.0


0.0
1.7

24.0
0.3

4.3


168.1
113.0
84.1

56.0

3.8
37.5

14.4


89.4
4.9

87.7
0.4
AV. STATION PRES. (mb)
22
891.3
890.2
887.3
887.3
887.1
888.2
890.4
891.0
891.1
891.3
890.8
891.3
889.8
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%)
Hour 04
Hour 10 (Local Time)
Hour 16
Hour 22

22
23
23
22

72
51
41
63

67
45
34
55

57
34
25
44

53
29
22
41

60
33
25
45

64
35
26
47

69
40
31
54

74
44
36
60

76
47
39
63

69
43
35
59

68
44
38
58

67
47
41
60

66
41
33
54
PRECIPITATION (in.)
Water Equivalent
-Normal
-Maximum Monthly
-Year
-Minimum Monthly
-Year
-Maximum in 24 hrs
-Year
Snow, Ice Pellets, Hail
-Maximum Monthly
-Year
-Maximum in 24 hrs
-Year



23

23

23


23

23



0.35
1.03
1992
0.03
1994
0.67
1986

7.3
1980
7.3
1980


0.46
2.02
1987
T
1994
1.41
1988

16.9
1988
16.5
1988


0.33
1.48
1973
0.00
1980
1.43
1973

4.8
1984
4.8
1984


0.46
2.48
1985
0.02
1.91
2.24
1985

5.3
1983
4.0
1983


1.04
4.57
1992
T
1974
1.77
1981

0.8
1989
2.0
1988


1.61
5.02
1986
0.02
1990
3.05
1981

1.0
1991
1.0
1991


1.71
6.88
1991
0.01
1980
4.91
1981

0.0

0.0



2.58
6.48
1974
0.34
1985
3.94
1977

0.0

0.0



2.02
6.58
1980
0.10
1992
2.71
1980

1.0
1989
1.0
1989


1.05
5.48
1986
T
1995
3.89
1986

4.2
1976
3.1
1976


0.52
1.89
1986
0.00
1991
1.33
1984

12.3
1980
6.3
1980


0.45
2.67
1.1
0.00
1976
0.83
1987

15.3
1987
9.7
1987


12.58
6.88
JUL 1991
0.00
NOV 1991
4.91
JUL 1981

16.9
FEB 1988
16.5
FEB 1988
WIND
Mean Speed (mph)
Prevailing Direction
through 1964
Fastest Mile
-Direction(!!)
-Speed(mph)
-Year
Peak Gust
-Direction(!!)
-Speed(mph)
-Date

22



9
9






7.7



NW
47
1973





8.5



NW
56
1977





10.1



NW
52
1973





10.0



SW
48
1977





9.8



NW
60
1977





9.5



NW
73
1975





8.7



NE
42
1977





7.9



NW
44
1974





8.1



NE
40
1976





7.9



22
44
1975





7.9



NE
65
1975





7.6



5
58
1977





8.6



NW
73
JUN 1975




(a) - Length of Record in Years, although individual months may be missing.
0.* or * - The value is between 0.0 and 0.05.
Normals - Based on the 1961 - 1990 record period.
Extremes - Dates are the most recent occurrence.
Wind Dir.- Numerals show tens of degrees clockwise from true north. "00" indicates calm.
Resultant Directions are given to whole degrees.