Caballo weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Caballo, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Elephant Butte Dam, 22 km from Caballo; records cover 1908–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 9.9 in251 mm
- Snow a year
- 0.9 in2.3 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Mar 16
- First fall freeze
- Nov 12
- Heating degree days
- 2,775
- Cooling degree days
- 2,209
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 20°−7° (heating, 99%) and 104°40° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Caballo in January
Highs average 57°14° and lows 30°−1°, with 0.42 in11 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1909)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 674
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Caballo in February
Highs average 62°17° and lows 34°1°, with 0.33 in8.4 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2014)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 475
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Caballo in March
Highs average 69°21° and lows 40°5°, with 0.26 in6.6 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2026)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1922)
- Heating degree days
- 322
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Caballo in April
Highs average 78°25° and lows 49°9°, with 0.28 in7.1 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2008)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 111
- Cooling degree days
- 51
Caballo in May
Highs average 86°30° and lows 58°14°, with 0.43 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 103°39° (2011)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 17
- Cooling degree days
- 231
Caballo in June
Highs average 96°36° and lows 67°20°, with 0.48 in12 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1994)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 500
Caballo in July
Highs average 96°35° and lows 70°21°, with 2.2 in55 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 110°43° (2020)
- Record low
- 51°11° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 556
Caballo in August
Highs average 93°34° and lows 69°20°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 108°42° (2023)
- Record low
- 51°11° (1941)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 494
Caballo in September
Highs average 88°31° and lows 62°17°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2020)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 5
- Cooling degree days
- 298
Caballo in OctoberThis month
Highs average 78°26° and lows 50°10°, with 0.87 in22 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1934)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 97
- Cooling degree days
- 70
Caballo in November
Highs average 66°19° and lows 38°4°, with 0.62 in16 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1918)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 392
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Caballo in December
Highs average 56°13° and lows 30°−1°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1981)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 682
- Cooling degree days
- 0