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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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New Mexico

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1986

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1986 1-Month	39.2°F (4.0°C)	33.6°F (0.9°C)	5.6°F (3.1°C)	122nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1949
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2003
Dec 1985–Jan 1986 2-Month	37.0°F (2.8°C)	34.0°F (1.1°C)	3.0°F (1.7°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1919
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1981	2022
	Ties: 1935, 1995
Nov 1985–Jan 1986 3-Month	39.2°F (4.0°C)	36.7°F (2.6°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1919
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2018
	Ties: 1935, 2021
Oct 1985–Jan 1986 4-Month	42.8°F (6.0°C)	41.0°F (5.0°C)	1.8°F (1.0°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1919
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2018
	Ties: 2005, 2016
Sep 1985–Jan 1986 5-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	45.8°F (7.7°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	90th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1913
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2022
	Ties: 1901
Aug 1985–Jan 1986 6-Month	50.9°F (10.5°C)	49.9°F (9.9°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1913
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2022
	Ties: 1901, 1943, 1952
Jul 1985–Jan 1986 7-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1913
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2022
	Ties: 1900, 1918, 1943, 1984
Jun 1985–Jan 1986 8-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	87th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1913
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2017, 2018, 2022
	Ties: 1900, 1943, 1965
May 1985–Jan 1986 9-Month	56.4°F (13.6°C)	55.7°F (13.2°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1913
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2022
	Ties: 1953, 2007
Apr 1985–Jan 1986 10-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1913
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2021, 2022
	Ties: 1947, 1956, 1990, 2005
Mar 1985–Jan 1986 11-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	54.2°F (12.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1913
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2018, 2021
	Ties: 1934, 1947, 1957
Feb 1985–Jan 1986 12-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1913
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1982	2018
	Ties: 1902, 1938, 1959
Aug 1984–Jan 1986 18-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	51.9°F (11.1°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1913
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2018
	Ties: 1905, 1908, 1958, 1960, 1968, 1991
Feb 1984–Jan 1986 24-Month	52.9°F (11.6°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1914
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1983	2018
	Ties: 1898, 1944
Feb 1983–Jan 1986 36-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1915
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1984	2019
	Ties: 1899, 1909, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1970
Feb 1982–Jan 1986 48-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1916
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2019
	Ties: 1924, 1925, 1930, 1942, 1943, 1948, 1949, 1967, 1980, 1988
Feb 1981–Jan 1986 60-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	80th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1916
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1985	2021
	Ties: 1903, 1911, 1912, 1935, 1941, 1952, 1953, 1960, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1991

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/