Hillsboro weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Hillsboro, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Hillsboro, 1 km from Hillsboro; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 12.3 in312 mm
- Snow a year
- 2.7 in6.9 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 18
- First fall freeze
- Oct 23
- Heating degree days
- 3,677
- Cooling degree days
- 1,173
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 13°−11° (heating, 99%) and 101°38° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Hillsboro in January
Highs average 55°13° and lows 25°−4°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation and 1.2 in3 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1910)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 778
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hillsboro in February
Highs average 60°16° and lows 28°−2°, with 0.42 in11 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1898)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 588
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hillsboro in March
Highs average 67°20° and lows 34°1°, with 0.3 in7.6 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2026)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 445
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hillsboro in April
Highs average 75°24° and lows 40°5°, with 0.35 in8.9 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1898)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (2023)
- Heating degree days
- 230
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Hillsboro in May
Highs average 83°29° and lows 48°9°, with 0.68 in17 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1896)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 67
- Cooling degree days
- 82
Hillsboro in June
Highs average 93°34° and lows 56°13°, with 0.83 in21 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1896)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 285
Hillsboro in July
Highs average 92°33° and lows 62°17°, with 2.1 in53 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1960)
- Record low
- 46°8° (1911)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 364
Hillsboro in August
Highs average 89°32° and lows 60°16°, with 2.4 in61 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 104°40° (2023)
- Record low
- 47°8° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 298
Hillsboro in September
Highs average 84°29° and lows 53°12°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1898)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 22
- Cooling degree days
- 127
Hillsboro in OctoberThis month
Highs average 75°24° and lows 42°5°, with 0.99 in25 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2000)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 212
- Cooling degree days
- 9
Hillsboro in November
Highs average 63°17° and lows 31°0°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1898)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 534
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hillsboro in December
Highs average 54°12° and lows 25°−4°, with 0.87 in22 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1958)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1987)
- Heating degree days
- 798
- Cooling degree days
- 0