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Weather in Las Cruces, NM · National Weather Service + NOAA

Las Cruces has hot summers

Las Cruces has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 96°, a January night drops to 28°, and about 1 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 67° and a normal night drops to 35°.

Winter 60°/30°Spring 79°/45°Summer 95°/66°Fall 78°/48°
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Sunrise 6:25 am · sunset 5:16 pm

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What stands out about Las Cruces’s weather

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

Climate →
Hot summersJuly afternoons average 96°, hotter than 97% of U.S. towns.Milder winters than most of New MexicoJanuary nights average 28°, milder than 495 of 528 New Mexico towns.A long growing season241 frost-free days, from Mar 12 to Nov 13.Warming faster than mostThe last 30 years averaged 1.8° warmer than the 1900s, a bigger shift than 89% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Las Cruces’s year

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

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Winter
60° / 30°
Snow is rare
Spring
79° / 45°
Last frost around Mar 12
Summer
95° / 66°
109 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
78° / 48°
First frost around Nov 13
11 daysuntil the usual first frost (Nov 13)
Best months to be outside
AprOct
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Las Cruces get?About 1 inches a winter.When is it wettest?July, with 2.0 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.8° 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 Las Cruces itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at State Univ, NM (4 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.