Maxwell weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Maxwell, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Raton Municipal Crews Field Airport, 23 km from Maxwell; records cover 1946–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 13.7 in349 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 12
- First fall freeze
- Oct 5
- Heating degree days
- 5,971
- Cooling degree days
- 430
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 96°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Maxwell in January
Highs average 47°8° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.37 in9.4 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2013)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 1070
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Maxwell in February
Highs average 50°10° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.32 in8.1 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2017)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 875
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Maxwell in March
Highs average 58°14° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.81 in21 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2026)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 764
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Maxwell in April
Highs average 65°18° and lows 31°−1°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2012)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1957)
- Heating degree days
- 507
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Maxwell in May
Highs average 74°24° and lows 40°5°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2000)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 253
- Cooling degree days
- 11
Maxwell in June
Highs average 84°29° and lows 49°10°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2011)
- Record low
- 32°0° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 46
- Cooling degree days
- 91
Maxwell in July
Highs average 87°30° and lows 54°12°, with 2.6 in67 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2026)
- Record low
- 43°6° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 178
Maxwell in August
Highs average 85°29° and lows 53°11°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2012)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 14
- Cooling degree days
- 125
Maxwell in September
Highs average 78°26° and lows 45°7°, with 1.8 in45 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2020)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 124
- Cooling degree days
- 25
Maxwell in OctoberThis month
Highs average 68°20° and lows 34°1°, with 0.92 in23 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2018)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 447
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Maxwell in November
Highs average 55°13° and lows 22°−5°, with 0.46 in12 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2006)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 788
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Maxwell in December
Highs average 46°8° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.36 in9.1 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2010)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1961)
- Heating degree days
- 1079
- Cooling degree days
- 0