Homestead weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Homestead, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Augustine 2e, 25 km from Homestead; records cover 1926–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 13 in331 mm
- Snow a year
- 7 in17 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 25
- First fall freeze
- Oct 3
- Heating degree days
- 5,981
- Cooling degree days
- 290
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 0°−18° (heating, 99%) and 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Homestead in January
Highs average 46°8° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.46 in12 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1934)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1037
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Homestead in February
Highs average 49°10° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.55 in14 mm of precipitation and 1.5 in3.8 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2009)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 837
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Homestead in March
Highs average 56°13° and lows 25°−4°, with 0.53 in13 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2026)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 758
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Homestead in April
Highs average 63°17° and lows 31°0°, with 0.48 in12 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1989)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 536
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Homestead in May
Highs average 72°22° and lows 40°4°, with 0.67 in17 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1982)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 291
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Homestead in June
Highs average 82°28° and lows 49°10°, with 0.55 in14 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2012)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 55
- Cooling degree days
- 70
Homestead in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 56°13°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1963)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1998)
- Heating degree days
- 8
- Cooling degree days
- 130
Homestead in August
Highs average 80°26° and lows 54°12°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1949)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 21
- Cooling degree days
- 74
Homestead in September
Highs average 75°24° and lows 46°8°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2012)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 145
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Homestead in OctoberThis month
Highs average 66°19° and lows 34°1°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1961)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 464
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Homestead in November
Highs average 55°13° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.58 in15 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2012)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 780
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Homestead in December
Highs average 46°8° and lows 17°−9°, with 0.61 in15 mm of precipitation and 1.9 in4.8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1933)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1049
- Cooling degree days
- 0