El Valle de Arroyo Seco weather by month
What a typical year looks like in El Valle de Arroyo Seco, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Alcalde, 16 km from El Valle de Arroyo Seco; records cover 1953–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 11.1 in282 mm
- Snow a year
- 11 in27 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 11
- First fall freeze
- Oct 4
- Heating degree days
- 5,786
- Cooling degree days
- 495
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 4°−16° (heating, 99%) and 96°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
El Valle de Arroyo Seco in January
Highs average 45°7° and lows 15°−9°, with 0.51 in13 mm of precipitation and 2.2 in5.6 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1971)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 1079
- Cooling degree days
- 0
El Valle de Arroyo Seco in February
Highs average 51°11° and lows 20°−7°, with 0.39 in9.9 mm of precipitation and 1.5 in3.8 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1986)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 832
- Cooling degree days
- 0
El Valle de Arroyo Seco in March
Highs average 60°16° and lows 25°−4°, with 0.69 in18 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2012)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 701
- Cooling degree days
- 0
El Valle de Arroyo Seco in April
Highs average 67°20° and lows 32°0°, with 0.7 in18 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1992)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 460
- Cooling degree days
- 0
El Valle de Arroyo Seco in May
Highs average 76°25° and lows 40°4°, with 0.78 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2000)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 226
- Cooling degree days
- 10
El Valle de Arroyo Seco in June
Highs average 86°30° and lows 48°9°, with 0.78 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1989)
- Record low
- 32°0° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 32
- Cooling degree days
- 95
El Valle de Arroyo Seco in July
Highs average 88°31° and lows 55°13°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1971)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 210
El Valle de Arroyo Seco in August
Highs average 86°30° and lows 54°12°, with 1.8 in44 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1973)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 8
- Cooling degree days
- 152
El Valle de Arroyo Seco in September
Highs average 80°27° and lows 45°7°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1977)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 112
- Cooling degree days
- 28
El Valle de Arroyo Seco in OctoberThis month
Highs average 69°20° and lows 32°0°, with 1.1 in29 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1980)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 456
- Cooling degree days
- 0
El Valle de Arroyo Seco in November
Highs average 55°13° and lows 22°−6°, with 0.73 in19 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1975)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 789
- Cooling degree days
- 0
El Valle de Arroyo Seco in December
Highs average 45°7° and lows 15°−9°, with 0.73 in19 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1993)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1961)
- Heating degree days
- 1090
- Cooling degree days
- 0