Columbus has milder winters than most of New Mexico
Columbus has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 96°, a January night drops to 29°, and snow is almost unheard of. A typical November afternoon reaches 68°, and nights fall to 37°.
Getting the latest forecast from the National Weather Service…
What stands out about Columbus’s weather
Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.
Where today sits in Columbus’s year
Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.
Weather talk
Road reports, first frosts and storm memories from neighbors in Columbus.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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 Columbus itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Columbus, NM (1 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.