Bent weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Bent, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Mountain Park, 22 km from Bent; records cover 1894–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 19.3 in489 mm
- Snow a year
- 17 in44 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 30
- First fall freeze
- Oct 22
- Heating degree days
- 4,754
- Cooling degree days
- 373
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 13°−11° (heating, 99%) and 90°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Bent in January
Highs average 48°9° and lows 26°−3°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1969)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 870
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bent in February
Highs average 52°11° and lows 28°−2°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1963)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 701
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bent in March
Highs average 59°15° and lows 33°0°, with 0.88 in22 mm of precipitation and 2.4 in6.1 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2026)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1922)
- Heating degree days
- 603
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bent in April
Highs average 66°19° and lows 38°3°, with 0.59 in15 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1938)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 404
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bent in May
Highs average 73°23° and lows 45°7°, with 0.84 in21 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2001)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 196
- Cooling degree days
- 19
Bent in June
Highs average 82°28° and lows 54°12°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1934)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 20
- Cooling degree days
- 113
Bent in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 57°14°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1940)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1994)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 128
Bent in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 56°13°, with 3.5 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1969)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 16
- Cooling degree days
- 85
Bent in September
Highs average 74°24° and lows 51°11°, with 2.5 in63 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1992)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 96
- Cooling degree days
- 27
Bent in OctoberThis month
Highs average 66°19° and lows 42°5°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2009)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 346
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Bent in November
Highs average 56°13° and lows 33°0°, with 0.94 in24 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1938)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 624
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bent in December
Highs average 48°9° and lows 26°−3°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1932)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1978)
- Heating degree days
- 868
- Cooling degree days
- 0