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Weather in Ponderosa Pine, NM · National Weather Service + NOAA

Ponderosa Pine is snow country

Ponderosa Pine has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 82°, a January night drops to 19°, and about 37 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. Normal November highs come to 50°, and lows to 26°.

Winter 42°/20°Spring 61°/32°Summer 80°/51°Fall 62°/36°
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Sunrise 6:27 am · sunset 5:10 pm

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What stands out about Ponderosa Pine’s weather

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

Climate →
Snow countryAbout 37 inches a winter, more than 464 of 502 New Mexico towns.Cool summersJuly afternoons average 82°, cooler than 501 of 528 New Mexico towns.Warming faster than mostThe last 30 years averaged 1.9° warmer than the 1900s, a bigger shift than 92% of U.S. towns.A dry climateJust 17 inches of rain and melted snow a year, less than 92% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Ponderosa Pine’s year

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

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Winter
42° / 20°
12 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
61° / 32°
Last frost around May 9
Summer
80° / 51°
8 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
62° / 36°
First frost around Oct 9
Pastthe usual first frost (Oct 9). Last frost next spring: May 9
Best months to be outside
JunJulAugSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Ponderosa Pine get?About 37 inches a winter.When is it wettest?July, with 3.1 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.9° 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 Ponderosa Pine itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Mountainair 8nw, NM (24 mi, snow) and Sandia Park, NM (17 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.