La Jara weather by month
What a typical year looks like in La Jara, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Wolf Canyon, 25 km from La Jara; records cover 1912–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 22.6 in574 mm
- Snow a year
- 111 in283 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 16
- First fall freeze
- Sep 11
- Heating degree days
- 8,567
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −8°−22° (heating, 99%) and 83°28° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
La Jara in January
Highs average 38°3° and lows 9°−13°, with 1.9 in48 mm of precipitation and 23 in58 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 63°17° (1953)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1937)
- Heating degree days
- 1279
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Jara in February
Highs average 40°5° and lows 13°−11°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation and 20 in51 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 69°21° (1934)
- Record low
- −41° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 1081
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Jara in March
Highs average 48°9° and lows 19°−7°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation and 17 in43 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2026)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1939)
- Heating degree days
- 983
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Jara in April
Highs average 56°13° and lows 24°−4°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation and 12 in30 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1934)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 753
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Jara in May
Highs average 65°18° and lows 30°−1°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation and 2.2 in5.6 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2002)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 549
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Jara in June
Highs average 75°24° and lows 37°3°, with 0.9 in23 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical June.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1934)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 268
- Cooling degree days
- 1
La Jara in July
Highs average 77°25° and lows 44°7°, with 3.4 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1939)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 146
- Cooling degree days
- 2
La Jara in August
Highs average 75°24° and lows 43°6°, with 3.4 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1936)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1944)
- Heating degree days
- 192
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Jara in September
Highs average 69°21° and lows 36°2°, with 2.1 in54 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1933)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 370
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Jara in OctoberThis month
Highs average 59°15° and lows 27°−3°, with 1.8 in44 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1932)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 690
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Jara in November
Highs average 47°8° and lows 18°−8°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation and 11 in29 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1949)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1931)
- Heating degree days
- 987
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Jara in December
Highs average 38°3° and lows 10°−12°, with 1.9 in48 mm of precipitation and 22 in57 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1933)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 1269
- Cooling degree days
- 0