Cliff weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Cliff, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Cliff 11 SE, 18 km from Cliff; records cover 1944–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 14.5 in369 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 9
- First fall freeze
- Oct 11
- Heating degree days
- 4,278
- Cooling degree days
- 874
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 9°−13° (heating, 99%) and 99°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Cliff in January
Highs average 55°13° and lows 20°−6°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1971)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 842
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cliff in February
Highs average 60°15° and lows 24°−5°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1986)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 651
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cliff in March
Highs average 67°19° and lows 28°−2°, with 0.63 in16 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2026)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 553
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cliff in April
Highs average 74°23° and lows 33°0°, with 0.33 in8.4 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1954)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (2023)
- Heating degree days
- 355
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Cliff in May
Highs average 82°28° and lows 41°5°, with 0.39 in9.9 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 103°39° (2002)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 140
- Cooling degree days
- 27
Cliff in June
Highs average 91°33° and lows 50°10°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1973)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 11
- Cooling degree days
- 176
Cliff in July
Highs average 91°33° and lows 59°15°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1983)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1987)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 304
Cliff in August
Highs average 89°32° and lows 58°14°, with 2.5 in62 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1972)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 260
Cliff in September
Highs average 85°29° and lows 50°10°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1948)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 29
- Cooling degree days
- 101
Cliff in OctoberThis month
Highs average 76°24° and lows 38°3°, with 0.95 in24 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2015)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 261
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Cliff in November
Highs average 64°18° and lows 26°−3°, with 0.84 in21 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1973)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 593
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cliff in December
Highs average 55°13° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.4 in34 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1980)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 843
- Cooling degree days
- 0