La Bajada weather by month
What a typical year looks like in La Bajada, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Santa Fe County Municipal Airport, 15 km from La Bajada; records cover 1941–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 10.7 in272 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 9
- First fall freeze
- Oct 12
- Heating degree days
- 5,386
- Cooling degree days
- 683
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 6°−14° (heating, 99%) and 96°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
La Bajada in January
Highs average 44°7° and lows 20°−7°, with 0.45 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2000)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 1020
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Bajada in February
Highs average 50°10° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.35 in8.9 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2026)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 802
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Bajada in March
Highs average 59°15° and lows 28°−2°, with 0.66 in17 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2026)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 673
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Bajada in April
Highs average 66°19° and lows 34°1°, with 0.53 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2020)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 446
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Bajada in May
Highs average 76°24° and lows 43°6°, with 0.63 in16 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2000)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 189
- Cooling degree days
- 23
La Bajada in June
Highs average 87°31° and lows 52°11°, with 0.55 in14 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2013)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1998)
- Heating degree days
- 17
- Cooling degree days
- 158
La Bajada in July
Highs average 89°31° and lows 58°14°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2020)
- Record low
- 43°6° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 252
La Bajada in August
Highs average 86°30° and lows 56°13°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2009)
- Record low
- 45°7° (1944)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 192
La Bajada in September
Highs average 80°27° and lows 49°10°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2020)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 72
- Cooling degree days
- 57
La Bajada in OctoberThis month
Highs average 68°20° and lows 38°3°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2010)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 385
- Cooling degree days
- 1
La Bajada in November
Highs average 54°12° and lows 27°−3°, with 0.7 in18 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2023)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 744
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Bajada in December
Highs average 44°7° and lows 20°−7°, with 0.5 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 64°18° (2025)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1949)
- Heating degree days
- 1034
- Cooling degree days
- 0