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Weather in Peñasco, NM · National Weather Service + NOAA

Peñasco stays cool in summer

Peñasco has cold winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 81°, a January night drops to 15°, and about 11 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. A typical November afternoon reaches 50°, and nights fall to 23°.

Winter 42°/16°Spring 60°/31°Summer 80°/49°Fall 62°/33°
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Sunrise 8:28 am · sunset 7:03 pm

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What stands out about Peñasco’s weather

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

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Cool summersJuly afternoons average 81°, cooler than 508 of 528 New Mexico towns.A dry climateJust 16 inches of rain and melted snow a year, less than 93% of U.S. towns.Among New Mexico’s coldest wintersJanuary nights average 15°, colder than 479 of 528 New Mexico towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Peñasco’s year

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

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Winter
42° / 16°
4 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
60° / 31°
Last frost around May 10
Summer
80° / 49°
40 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
62° / 33°
First frost around Oct 4
Pastthe usual first frost (Oct 4). Last frost next spring: May 10
Best months to be outside
JunJulAugSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Peñasco get?About 11 inches a winter.When is it wettest?August, with 2.6 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 Peñasco itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Alcalde, NM (21 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.