San Rafael has a dry climate
San Rafael has chilly winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 89°, a January night drops to 16°, and about 8 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 57° and a normal night drops to 22°.
Getting the latest forecast from the National Weather Service…
What stands out about San Rafael’s weather
Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.
Where today sits in San Rafael’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 San Rafael.
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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 San Rafael itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Grants Airport, NM (5 mi, snow) and Grants Milan Municipal Airport, NM (5 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.