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Weather in Arroyo Hondo, NM · National Weather Service + NOAA

Winter means it in Arroyo Hondo

Arroyo Hondo has cold winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 84°, a January night drops to 12°, and about 28 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. Normal November highs come to 52°, and lows to 21°.

Winter 42°/14°Spring 62°/30°Summer 82°/49°Fall 64°/32°
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Sunrise 8:27 am · sunset 7:05 pm

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What stands out about Arroyo Hondo’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

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Among New Mexico’s coldest wintersJanuary nights average 12°, colder than 506 of 528 New Mexico towns.A dry climateJust 13 inches of rain and melted snow a year, less than 96% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Arroyo Hondo’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
42° / 14°
10 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
62° / 30°
Last frost around May 19
Summer
82° / 49°
23 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
64° / 32°
First frost around Oct 3
Pastthe usual first frost (Oct 3). Last frost next spring: May 19
Best months to be outside
JunAugSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Arroyo Hondo get?About 28 inches a winter.When is it wettest?August, with 2.1 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.5° vs. the 20th century.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Arroyo Hondo itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Taos, NM (11 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.