Brazos weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Brazos, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Chama, 18 km from Brazos; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 22.4 in568 mm
- Snow a year
- 92 in233 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 15
- First fall freeze
- Sep 13
- Heating degree days
- 8,321
- Cooling degree days
- 33
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −10°−23° (heating, 99%) and 88°31° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Brazos in January
Highs average 38°3° and lows 7°−14°, with 2 in52 mm of precipitation and 23 in57 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 69°21° (1896)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 1324
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Brazos in February
Highs average 41°5° and lows 11°−12°, with 1.9 in49 mm of precipitation and 23 in58 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1934)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1949)
- Heating degree days
- 1098
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Brazos in March
Highs average 48°9° and lows 18°−8°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation and 14 in35 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2026)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 981
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Brazos in April
Highs average 56°13° and lows 24°−4°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1943)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 744
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Brazos in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 32°0°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1896)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 512
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Brazos in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 39°4°, with 0.8 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1936)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 224
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Brazos in July
Highs average 80°27° and lows 46°8°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1936)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 76
- Cooling degree days
- 20
Brazos in August
Highs average 78°25° and lows 46°8°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1896)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1949)
- Heating degree days
- 112
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Brazos in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 38°3°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1895)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 309
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Brazos in OctoberThis month
Highs average 61°16° and lows 27°−3°, with 1.7 in44 mm of precipitation and 2.1 in5.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1896)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 656
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Brazos in November
Highs average 48°9° and lows 17°−8°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1894)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1931)
- Heating degree days
- 981
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Brazos in December
Highs average 38°3° and lows 8°−13°, with 1.9 in49 mm of precipitation and 14 in35 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1895)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1304
- Cooling degree days
- 0