Encinal weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Encinal, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Cubero, 5 km from Encinal; records cover 1977–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 10 in254 mm
- Snow a year
- 15 in38 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 13
- First fall freeze
- Oct 5
- Heating degree days
- 5,151
- Cooling degree days
- 705
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 3°−16° (heating, 99%) and 97°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Encinal in January
Highs average 49°9° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.55 in14 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2018)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1987)
- Heating degree days
- 970
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Encinal in February
Highs average 54°12° and lows 22°−6°, with 0.44 in11 mm of precipitation and 2.4 in6.1 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1981)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 768
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Encinal in March
Highs average 62°16° and lows 27°−3°, with 0.49 in12 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2026)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 648
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Encinal in April
Highs average 69°20° and lows 34°1°, with 0.48 in12 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2020)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (2023)
- Heating degree days
- 415
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Encinal in May
Highs average 78°25° and lows 42°5°, with 0.57 in14 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1977)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 187
- Cooling degree days
- 24
Encinal in June
Highs average 88°31° and lows 51°11°, with 0.47 in12 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (2015)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 21
- Cooling degree days
- 164
Encinal in July
Highs average 90°32° and lows 57°14°, with 1.9 in49 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1980)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 268
Encinal in August
Highs average 87°31° and lows 55°13°, with 1.9 in48 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2026)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1987)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 193
Encinal in September
Highs average 81°27° and lows 48°9°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1979)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 70
- Cooling degree days
- 54
Encinal in OctoberThis month
Highs average 71°21° and lows 36°2°, with 0.81 in21 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2010)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 368
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Encinal in November
Highs average 58°15° and lows 25°−4°, with 0.57 in14 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1980)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 706
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Encinal in December
Highs average 48°9° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.62 in16 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2025)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 995
- Cooling degree days
- 0